Graduating dental students' perceptions of oral cancer education: results of an exit survey of seven dental schools.

Method: A 22-question exit survey was administered on a voluntary basis to senior dental students at seven dental schools in order to evaluate perceptions regarding their knowledge and skills in oral cancer control. The questions encompassed prevention, role of tobacco, lesion recognition, diagnostic techniques, and patient management.

Results: The range of responses was broad between students as well as schools regarding didactic and clinical exposures, and confidence in abilities to manage oral cancer patients.

Evaluation of oral cancer screening.

Background: Oral cancer screening procedures are designed to collectively allow early detection of cancers in a body area accessible to visual and physical examination, as well as to facilitate timely treatment, awareness, and the ongoing education of the public.

Methods: A state fair was selected for this activity because of the availability of a random population compatible with meeting these goals. A total of 1,151 individuals participated in this free elective activity.

The carcinogenic risks of alcoholic beverages: implications for cancer education.

The proper analysis of the data generated by studies of carcinogenic risks of drinking alcoholic beverages would be the application of models from the relatively new approach of meta-analysis. In this study, 441 articles were generated by a 1992 MEDLINE search of the key words "alcohol drinking" and "cancer." Of these, only 29 met the criteria for a formal meta-analysis.

Squamous cell carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract in patients 40 years of age and younger.

Oral squamous cell carcinoma in patients 40 years of age and younger has been noted to be infrequent. The incidence is not as noticeable because the majority of oral cancers are diagnosed during the later decades of life. This study was undertaken to evaluate the incidence, site predilection, etiologic factors, and modes of treatment and to compare these results with available data on this topic.

Classification and genetics of numeric anomalies of dentition.

A suggested classification of numeric anomalies of teeth is a trimodal classification: anodontia, hypodontia, and hyperdontia. A subclassification into nonsyndromic and syndromic cases would allow for uniform analysis. The limited data on anodontia and hyperdontia have made the genetic analysis of these anomalies difficult.

The CASE system for cancer education.

A Computer-Assisted-Self-Evaluation (CASE) program in oncology is described. The program is based on motivation by immediate, informative feedback, and involves the computer-guided interaction of a student with a series of microfiche cards. The computer leads the student through a series of 16 questions and associated explanations and recommendations based on the answer choices.

The ultrastructure of oral neuromas in multiple mucosal neuromas, pheochromocytoma, medullary thyroid carcinoma syndrome.

The ultrastructure of oral neuromas from 2 patients with multiple mucosal neuromas, pheochromocytoma, medullary thyroid carcinoma syndrome reveals numerous hypertrophic unmyelinated and myelinated axons, hyperplastic neurilemmal cells and associated collagen fiber formation. These tumors are described and compared ultrastructurally with neurilemmomas and neurofibromas as described by other authors. On the basis of this comparison, these tumors are not considered to be of neurilemmal origin.

Craniocarpotarsal dysplasia syndrome (whistling face syndrome). Case reports and survey of clinical findings.

Case histories of two patients with the whistling face syndrome are presented. The most striking features are microstomia, midface hypoplasia, scoliosis, and retarded growth. Family histories were unremarkable, except possibly in Patient K.

Oral-facial-digital syndrome. A family case report.

A familial case report of oral-facial-digital I syndrome affecting three generations is presented. The pedigree analysis substantiates that this syndrome is lethal for the male. The abnormal physical findings in the affected persons were predominantly associated with the oral structures.

Mucosal neuroma, pheochromocytoma and medullary thyroid carcinoma: multiple endocrine neoplasia type 3.

1. Three members of a kindred and a fourth unrelated individual demonstrating the syndrome of mucosal neuroma, bumpy lips, marfanoid habitus, medullary thyroid carcinoma and pheochromocytoma are reported, and the literature pertaining to this syndrome has been reviewed. 2.