Teleconsultations in oral medicine: dentist perception during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to describe the perception of dentists from the North macroregion of Minas Gerais, Brazil, users of telediagnosis in Oral Medicine, during the COVID-19 pandemic. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study. Data collection was carried out online, between May and October 2022. The information was transferred to the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences for Windows (SPPS)® version 24. RESULTS: The sample consisted of 255 dentists, predominantly female. Regarding perception, a significant percentage (47.8%) of respondents agreed that they would like to use telediagnosis frequently, more than half (60.6%) agreed that the technology is easy to use, only a small percentage (8.8%) needed technical support to use it and almost half (48.2%) mentioned the desire to continue using it after the pandemic. When asked if patients felt confident and comfortable when passing on information, more than half disagreed or remained neutral (58.4%), a similar result was found in relation to confidence in the application of the instrument by professionals. CONCLUSIONS: It is concluded that, during the pandemic, telediagnosis in Oral Medicine was an easy and adequate tool. However, professionals must be trained and prepared to be comfortable and ready for use.

Evaluation of remote teaching in master programs in the Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brazilian multicentric study.

BACKGROUND: With the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a need to adopt online teaching methods in a generalized and sudden way, a situation that led to unprecedented changes in the routine of post-graduate students and research development. This study aimed to analyze the evaluation of remote teaching by graduates of master's degrees and advisors in master's programs in the Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine who needed to adapt to a remote teaching methodology in the pandemic. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This quantitative study evaluated the remote teaching in the perception of master's graduates and advisors from postgraduate programs in Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine. Data were collected through an online Google forms® questionnaire. RESULTS: Participated in the study 14 master graduates and 14 master's advisors. Master graduates evaluated that the professors had a good performance (p=0.001), that the duration of the classes was adequate (p=0.015), that the interaction with professors was satisfactory (p=0.007), that they had good interaction with the advisor (p=0.001), that they were satisfied with the remote guidance process (p=0.038) and that face-to-face practical activities were missed (p=0.002). Master's advisors reported satisfaction with remote teaching, good adaptation (p=0.018) and motivation for remote teaching (p=0.016), they evaluated that students were cooperative in activities (p=0.019) and that face-to-face practical activities were missed (p=0.002). CONCLUSIONS: Despite the difficulties, remote teaching proved to be an effective alternative to face-to-face teaching.

Tumor de colisao - leiomiossarcoma do utero associado a adenocarcinoma do endometrio. / \"Collision tumor\": a leiomyosarcoma of the uterus associated with adenocarcinoma of the endometrium

Os autores descrevem um caso incomum de "tumor de colisao": um leiomiossarcoma do utero associado a adenocarcinoma do endometrio, em paciente de 72 anos, nulipara, que apresentava metrorragia devida a tumoracao medindo 6,0 cm x 4,0 cm x 4,0 cm, de consistencia endurecida e que provindo da cavidade uterina se exterioriza atraves do orificio externo da cervice. Importante frisar que a paciente estava se submetendo a radioterapia em outro servico. Apos a biopsia do tumor, realizada na clinica ginecologica do Hospital Barao de Lucena, resolvemos realizar a histerectomia total abdominal com salpingo-ooforectomia bilateral e retirada da cupula vaginal, cujo exame histopatologico confirmou o resultado de "tumor de colisao", aventado por ocasiao da biopsia. Comentam a respeito da rarissima incidencia, etiopatogenia, aspectos macro e microscopicos, evolucao e prognostico sombrio da patologia e sobre o tratamento