Knowledge of Dentistry Students about the Risks of Electronic Cigarettes for Oral Health
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https://doi.org/10.32635/2176-9745.RBC.2024v70n2.4703Keywords:
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems, Vaping, Cross-Sectional Studies/statistics & numerical data, Dental Health Surveys, Students, Dental/statistics & numerical dataAbstract
Introduction: The electronic cigarette (EC) has emerged as an alternative to reduce conventional cigarette smoking. Objective: To analyze the knowledge dentistry students have about the risks of EC use on oral health. Method: Cross-sectional, descriptive-exploratory epidemiological study. A structured questionnaire was administered to students enrolled from the first to the tenth semester in the dentistry course at the “Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia”, Jequié-BA campus. The data were tabulated and analyzed in Excel, and absolute and relative frequencies have been calculated. Results: Of the 196 students enrolled, 160 (81.6%) joined the study, with a mean age of 23.26 ± 4.42 years, and 157 (80.1%) were aware of EC. Among the students, 29 (14.8%) had tried conventional cigarettes
and 58 (29.6%), EC. 26.5% assessed their knowledge of EC as low and 65.6% as intermediate. Conclusion: The level of knowledge the population investigated has on EC is insufficient, collected non-scientifically, and the topic was poorly addressed in the courses taken.
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