%0 Journal Article %T Oral cancer knowledge and diagnostic skill of Iranian dentists participating in the 40th congress of Iranian Dental Association (IDA) %J Strides in Development of Medical Education %I Kerman University of Medical Sciences %Z 2645-3525 %A Zareie, Mohammad Reza %A Navabi, Nader %A Akhavizadegan, Hossein %A Naimi Khorasanizadeh, Mehdi %A Yazdani, Mehdi %D 2005 %\ 01/01/2005 %V 1 %N 2 %P 104-112 %! Oral cancer knowledge and diagnostic skill of Iranian dentists participating in the 40th congress of Iranian Dental Association (IDA) %K oral cancer %K Knowledge %K diagnostic skill %K Education %R %X Background: Oral cancer is the 5th prevalent cancer and one of the main reason for mortality all over the world It is a serious risk for health The high mortality may be happened because of dentists inexact examination or the lack of enough information Objective: The aim of the present study was to assess the knowledge and diagnostic skill of a group of Iranian dentists in oral cancer prevention and early detection Methods: The Pretested questionnaires were distributed among 412 general dental practitioners who voluntarily participated in the 40th international congress of Iranian Dental Association (IDA) in 2000 Results: Most of the respondents were male (602%) and aged lower than 37 years old (633%) Respondents totally replied 55% of knowledge ( =559) and 55% of diagnostic skills ( =165) questions correctly A significant correlation was found between the knowledge and diagnostic skills scores (r=04 P %U https://sdme.kmu.ac.ir/article_90077_1f97194b3bbb51373ca23797644fc96e.pdf