Programa detección temprana de desórdenes potencialmente malignos dirigidos a estudiantes de odontología de la Universidad Santo Tomás

Abstract

Buccal cancer has a high rate of mortality and its treatment in many cases could be difficult, an average of 300,000 new events are identified each year and also a 50% of risk mortality in five years, but this rate gets lower when are treated in time (20%). The World Health Organization reported the world oral and pharyngeal cancer mortality rate of all cancers (4.4%) and the National Administrative Department of statistics noted that Santander- Colombia is the fourth location with more cases, showing a high mortality rate of 2.2 per 100,000 population. In dental clinical practice, poor oral exams are carried out frequently, or they are not exhaustive enough for the early detection of potentially malignant disorders. This suggests that it is a relevant requirement and dentists need to reinforce this knowledge and skills in order to achieve a significant decrease in mortality rates and to reduce the prevalence of oropharyngeal cancer in advanced stages.