Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences. 2012 Dec
15;
5(4):462-471.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/MJMS.1957-5773.2012.0250
Review Article
Understanding the Role of General Dentists in
the Process of Screening and Early Diagnosis of Oral Premalignant And
Malignant Lesions - Brief Literature Review
Jordan Gjurcheski1, Danica Popovic-Monevska2
1University Dental Clinical Center “Prof. Dr. Bojo Andreski”,
European University, Faculty of Dentistry, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia;
2Clinic for Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Faculty, Ss. Cyril and
Methodius University Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Aim: To indicate about the need for involving general dentists in the
process of screening and early detection of malignant and premalignant
lesions. To make brief literature review, which lesions are included under
the term “oral premalignant lesions“, and which lesions should be excluded
from this nomenclature, according to the contemporary views and conceptions.
To gather in one place the latest information about new diagnostic
procedures used worldwide for screening and early diagnosis of premalignant
and malignant lesions of oral mucosa.
Material and Method: Searching was conducted by electronic selection
of published papers over the largest database of published papers, PubMed
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/), and its subsequent ramifications
PubMed Central (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/), as well as through the
database of Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/).
Discussion: Of particular importance it is the need to highlight the
great role of the general dentist in the process of screening and early
detection of oral cancer. Also it must be emphasized the role of the
patient, his education and socio-economic status.
Conclusion: There is need for additional education of dentists about
contemporary understanding of this disease. Also there is a need for
education of the population about the oral cancer.
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Citation: Gjurcheski J, Popovic-Monevska D. Understanding the Role of
General Dentists in the Process of Screening and Early Diagnosis of Oral
Premalignant And Malignant Lesions - Brief Literature Review. Maced J Med
Sci. 2012 Dec 15; 5(4):462-471. http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/MJMS.1857-5773.2012.0250.
Key words: oral premaliglant lesion; screening for oral cancer; oral
cancer; general dentist; oral precancerous lesion; early diagnosis;
toluidine staining; autofluorescence.
Correspondence: Jordan Gjurcheski. University Dental Clinical Center
“Prof. Dr. Bojo Andreski”, European University, Faculty of Dentistry,
Kliment Ohridski bb, 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. E-mail:
jordan.gjurceski@eurm.edu.mk
Received: 25-Apr-2012; Revised: 10-Jun-2012; Accepted: 19-Jul-2012; Online
first: 07-Nov-2012
Copyright: © 2012 Gjurcheski J. This is an open access article
distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License,
which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any
medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing
interests exist.
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