Abstract
A questionnaire was developed for dental general practitioners that was used to measure three types of clinician knowledge believed to be central to the early detection and management of oral cancer. Oral cancer management issues (case‐finding behavior and clinician knowledge of patient outcomes) were also studied. The hypothesis that clinician knowledge is associated with oral cancer case‐finding behavior could not be validated, but the hypothesis that clinician case‐finding behavior is associated with knowledge of confirmed oral cancer or precancerous diagnoses was substantiated.
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Professor, Department of Dentistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
Assistant Professor, Department of Dentistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
Associate Professor, New York University College of Dentistry, New York.