Risk perception of oral cancer in smokers attending primary care: a randomised controlled trial

Dental patient awareness of smoking effects on oral health: Comparison of smokers and non-smokers

“…Psychological aspects may contribute to smokers being unwilling to admit that they continue to smoke despite being aware of the effects of smoking on oral health. 31 Whether this significant difference in knowledge is the main factor in patients' decision to smoke cannot be ascertained from this study, but the fact that most smoking patients reported interest in quitting smoking if the link between smoking and oral health is proven to them may indicate that lack of knowledge about these effects may indeed be at least a contributing factor to this decision. As discussed previously, the sort of information obtained from this study may aid in focusing educational and interventional programs to patients with the greatest risk for these oral conditions.…”

“…This agrees with previous studies evaluating patient knowledge of smoking and oral cancer. 18,20,30,31 Comparison with other reports on the effects of smoking on the other variables could not be made, since, to our knowledge, this is the first report examining dental patient awareness of smoking effects on periodontal health and wound healing. In addition, smoking status was the only variable significantly associated with overall patient awareness of these effects assessed through an 'awareness score' based on the overall numbers of correctly identified effects by the subjects.…”

Oral cancer awareness and knowledge among residents in the Oporto city, Portugal

“…Moreover we observed that smokers had the perception that they were at a higher risk of developing oral cancer. The fact that smokers are aware of the potential harm of tobacco use is well reported . Similar to other European countries active anti‐tobacco campaigns and government policies are being adopted for tobacco control and for general health improvement, which could explain why smokers are aware of the role tobacco use on oral cancer.…”

Patient awareness of oral cancer health advice in a dental access centre: a mixed methods study

“…Other studies have demonstrated that patient information leaflets are effective in increasing patient knowledge and awareness of risks related to oral cancer. 12,[25][26][27] These studies have involved patients attending medical and dental practices for routine care, have tested patient knowledge immediately after reading the information leaflet, and were not specifically targeted at high-risk individuals. In addition, patients were handed the information leaflet by the researcher.…”