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Item Cáncer Oral y Dentistas: Conocimientos, Actitudes y Prácticas en Chile(Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de la Frontera, 2016) Stillfried, A; Rocha, A; Colella, G; Escobar, EABSTRACT: The aim of this survey was to describe the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding oral cancer in a sample of dentists from Las Condes, Santiago de Chile. A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted. A self-filling survey was applied to 264 dentists of Las Condes, Santiago de Chile during june july 2014. Participants were previously informed that the survey was voluntary, anonymous and confidential. The final sample included 205 dentists (Loss Rate: 22.3 %). Descriptive statistic was applied using tabulation and frequency distribution. Most participants identified the main risk factors for oral cancer: tobacco (99.5 %) and alcohol usage (83.4 %). Less than two thirds of the participants identified the two most common precancerous lesions (leukoplakia and erythroplakia) and squamous cell carcinoma as the most common type of oral cancer. 25.4 % of the participants reported to have updated knowledge regarding oral cancer and 35.6 % reported to routinely perform clinical examination to detect oral cancer. Deficiencies in knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding oral cancer of dentists from Las Condes, Santiago de Chile were observed. These deficiencies are likely to be enhanced through educational interventions which would improve their knowledge, attitudes and strengthen their role in the prevention and early diagnosis of oral cancer.Item Prevalence of Oral Mucosal Lesions in Children(Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de la Frontera, 2016) Yañez, María Soledad; Escobar, E; Oviedo, C; Stillfried, A; Pennacchiotti, GABSTRACT: Lesions of the oral mucosa are a broad range of different alterations located in the soft tissue of the oral cavity. The studies that describe the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions have been carried out mainly in an adult population. Therefore, in the literature available both in Chile and abroad, there are few reports about pathological lesions and alterations of the normality of the oral mucosa in pediatric population. A descriptive observational cross-sectional study was conducted, with non-probability sampling for convenience, with a sample of 219 patients and a level of confidence of 95 %. We estimated 30 % of children with oral mucosal lesions. Patient history and the presence of oral mucosal lesions were registered in the clinical records specific to this study. In 101 patients a prevalence of 37.62 % of oral mucosal lesions was observed. The most frequent lesion was the minor aphthous ulcer (6.9 %), followed by irritation fibroma (5 %), traumatic ulcer (5 %), traumatic erosion (4 %), impetigo (4 %), pigmented lesion (3 %), and others, at lower rates. The most prevalent location was the lips with a 38.5 %.