Oral Cancer Knowledge Assessment: Newly Graduated versus Senior Dental Clinicians
Table 5
Distribution of the number and percentages of responses relating to the dentists’ general characteristics according to their self-assessment of oral cancer knowledge.
Variables
Categories
Self-assessment of the level of knowledge about oral cancer
Total (%)
Satisfactory
Unsatisfactory
Institution
Public
43 (43%)
30 (33.7%)
73 (38.6%)
0.190
Private
57 (57%)
59 (66.3%)
116 (61.4%)
Time of experience
Junior dental clinicians
46 (46%)
38 (42.7%)
84 (44.4%)
0.648
Senior dental clinicians
54 (54%)
51 (57.3%)
105 (55.6%)
Qualification
General practitioner
35 (35%)
34 (38.2%)
69 (36.5%)
0.648
Graduated1
65 (65%)
55 (61.8%)
120 (63.5%)
Training at the university
Yes
66 (66%)
39 (43.8%)
105 (55.6%)
0.002
No/I do not know
34 (34%)
50 (56.2%)
84 (44.4%)
Attended a course on oral cancer
Two years ago
53 (53%)
21 (23.6%)
74 (39.2%)
≤0.001
More than two years ago/never
47 (47%)
68 (76.4%)
115 (60.8%)
Grades obtained
A-B (excellent/good)
67 (67%)
39 (43.8%)
106 (56.1%)
≤0.001
C-D (regular/poor)
33 (33%)
50 (56.2%)
83 (43.9%)
100 (52.9%)
89 (47.1%)
189 (100%)
Note. values lower than 0.05 indicate statistically significant results. 1The “Graduated” category refers to the participants that reported having specialization, Master’s degree, and/or PhD.
