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Knowledge of Dental Students from Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina about Dental Care of Oncology Patients

The central role of the dentist in the treatment of oncology patients is to care for the patient’s oral cavity before, during, and after radio/chemotherapy. The aim of this research was to determine the knowledge of dental students from five universities in three neighboring countries, Croatia (Spli...

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Autores principales: Pedic, Iva, Cigic, Livia, Kalibovic Govorko, Danijela, Vodanovic, Katarina, Bandic, Ruzica, Glavinic, Robert, Medvedec Mikic, Ivana
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8623737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34821596
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/dj9110132
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author Pedic, Iva
Cigic, Livia
Kalibovic Govorko, Danijela
Vodanovic, Katarina
Bandic, Ruzica
Glavinic, Robert
Medvedec Mikic, Ivana
author_facet Pedic, Iva
Cigic, Livia
Kalibovic Govorko, Danijela
Vodanovic, Katarina
Bandic, Ruzica
Glavinic, Robert
Medvedec Mikic, Ivana
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description The central role of the dentist in the treatment of oncology patients is to care for the patient’s oral cavity before, during, and after radio/chemotherapy. The aim of this research was to determine the knowledge of dental students from five universities in three neighboring countries, Croatia (Split, Rijeka, and Zagreb), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo), and Slovenia (Ljubljana), about oncology patients’ dental care. A total of 140 students in their fourth, fifth, and sixth year of dental medicine studies participated in this research. A questionnaire with 36 specific questions was designed for this research and included questions about dental care of oncologic patients before, during, and after the oncology therapy. Most students are familiar with the incidence and most common type of head and neck tumors, while knowledge about tumor treatment and the side-effects of radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy is weak. Students did not show satisfactory knowledge about osteoradionecrosis, which is the most serious side-effect of radiotherapy; therefore, the emphasis on additional education should be greatest in this area. Teaching staff should be aware of lack of student knowledge and try to offer more information and practice in providing dental care for oncology patients.
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spelling pubmed-86237372021-11-27 Knowledge of Dental Students from Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina about Dental Care of Oncology Patients Pedic, Iva Cigic, Livia Kalibovic Govorko, Danijela Vodanovic, Katarina Bandic, Ruzica Glavinic, Robert Medvedec Mikic, Ivana Dent J (Basel) Article The central role of the dentist in the treatment of oncology patients is to care for the patient’s oral cavity before, during, and after radio/chemotherapy. The aim of this research was to determine the knowledge of dental students from five universities in three neighboring countries, Croatia (Split, Rijeka, and Zagreb), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo), and Slovenia (Ljubljana), about oncology patients’ dental care. A total of 140 students in their fourth, fifth, and sixth year of dental medicine studies participated in this research. A questionnaire with 36 specific questions was designed for this research and included questions about dental care of oncologic patients before, during, and after the oncology therapy. Most students are familiar with the incidence and most common type of head and neck tumors, while knowledge about tumor treatment and the side-effects of radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy is weak. Students did not show satisfactory knowledge about osteoradionecrosis, which is the most serious side-effect of radiotherapy; therefore, the emphasis on additional education should be greatest in this area. Teaching staff should be aware of lack of student knowledge and try to offer more information and practice in providing dental care for oncology patients. MDPI 2021-11-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8623737/ /pubmed/34821596 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/dj9110132 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Pedic, Iva
Cigic, Livia
Kalibovic Govorko, Danijela
Vodanovic, Katarina
Bandic, Ruzica
Glavinic, Robert
Medvedec Mikic, Ivana
Knowledge of Dental Students from Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina about Dental Care of Oncology Patients
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title_fullStr Knowledge of Dental Students from Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina about Dental Care of Oncology Patients
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge of Dental Students from Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina about Dental Care of Oncology Patients
title_short Knowledge of Dental Students from Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina about Dental Care of Oncology Patients
title_sort knowledge of dental students from croatia, slovenia, and bosnia and herzegovina about dental care of oncology patients
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8623737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34821596
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/dj9110132
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