Trial Information

Oral Cancer Screening: Practices, Knowledge and Opinions of Ohio Nursing Home Dentists

OBJECTIVES:

- To develop a comprehensive sample of nursing home dentists in Ohio.

- To document knowledge of oral cancer detection among these dentists.

- To describe opinions of these dentists about oral cancer screening competency.

- To describe the current oral cancer screening practices of these dentists.

OUTLINE: Participants are stratified according to geographical location (urban vs rural).

A comprehensive sample of nursing home dentists practicing in Ohio are contacted through a
recruitment letter and are asked to respond to questions regarding oral cancer screening
practices, knowledge of oral cancer detection, and opinions about oral cancer screening
using a newly developed survey, which is based on parts of an existing, pre-tested
instrument (Oral Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Survey).