D Rakhra1, T W M Walker2, S Hall3, C A Fleming2, S J Thomas2, A Kerai4, J P Horwood5, A E Waylen6. 1. Primary Care Unit, Bristol Dental Hospital and Royal Infirmary. 2. Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Bristol Dental Hospital, Children's Hospital and Royal Infirmary, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS1 2LY. 3. Bristol Royal Infirmary, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS2 8HW. 4. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Hedley Way, Oxford OX3 9DU. 5. School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. 6. Bristol Dental School, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS1 2LY.
Abstract
Introduction: Dental clinicians are in a position to educate their patients on the subject of HPV as part of a primary healthcare multidisciplinary team and to detect HPV-related disease. Attention needs to be paid to dental undergraduate teaching on the topic. This study aims to ascertain awareness and opinions of our dental undergraduate students about HPV, its relation to oral health and its vaccine. Method: A questionnaire was distributed to undergraduate dental students in clinical years 3, 4 and 5 of the BDS programme at Bristol Dental School. Results: Dental students demonstrated an understanding of HPV and oropharyngeal cancer and expressed that they felt dentists should play a role in health promotion in relation to oropharyngeal cancers. They also wished for more teaching on the subject and suggested topic areas that they wished to know more about. Conclusion: New teaching strategies on the topic of HPV should be considered for inclusion into undergraduate dental programmes and encompass both knowledge and communication skills training to prepare future dentists for their role in confronting this preventable disease.
Introduction: Dental clinicians are in a position to educate their patients on the subject of HPV as part of a primary healthcare multidisciplinary team and to detect HPV-related disease. Attention needs to be paid to dental undergraduate teaching on the topic. This study aims to ascertain awareness and opinions of our dental undergraduate students about HPV, its relation to oral health and its vaccine. Method: A questionnaire was distributed to undergraduate dental students in clinical years 3, 4 and 5 of the BDS programme at Bristol Dental School. Results: Dental students demonstrated an understanding of HPV and oropharyngeal cancer and expressed that they felt dentists should play a role in health promotion in relation to oropharyngeal cancers. They also wished for more teaching on the subject and suggested topic areas that they wished to know more about. Conclusion: New teaching strategies on the topic of HPV should be considered for inclusion into undergraduate dental programmes and encompass both knowledge and communication skills training to prepare future dentists for their role in confronting this preventable disease.
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