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This paper presents an analysis of 568 jaw tumours and tumour-like conditions seen at the Kenyatta National Hospital over a period of fifteen years. For descriptive purposes, the term tumour is used here in its wider context to cover both neoplastic and dysplastic jaw lesions which present primarily as jaw swellings. The study reveals a pattern consistent with other African series and suggests a more aggressive progression and younger age at onset than elsewhere.
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Neoplasias Maxilomandibulares/patologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Distribuição por Idade , Idade de Início , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Humanos , Neoplasias Maxilomandibulares/classificação , Quênia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Encaminhamento e Consulta , Distribuição por Sexo , Saúde da População UrbanaRESUMO
A survey of 272 University of Nairobi undergraduate students was undertaken to assess their dental chairside experience and what reasons they gave for failing to seek dental treatment. Most respondents considered dental treatment uncomfortable and painful. The cost of treatment and fear arising from information given by other dental patients were important reasons that kept the respondents from visiting a dental clinic. This paper reveals the need for the dental profession to play a greater role in reducing costs of treatment and odontophobia.
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Ansiedade ao Tratamento Odontológico/psicologia , Assistência Odontológica/economia , Assistência Odontológica/psicologia , Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde , Estudantes/psicologia , Universidades , Feminino , Custos de Cuidados de Saúde , Humanos , Quênia , Masculino , Inquéritos e Questionários , Saúde da População UrbanaRESUMO
The objective of this study was to determine the knowledge and attitude of Nairobi University students towards dental health care in Kenya. A self administered questionnaire given to 400 students in person who responded and handed them over immediately. The students had a mean age of 22.4 years, 45.3% were males and 54.5% were females. Extractions, restorations and replacement of teeth were known to majority of the students. However, almost half of the students preferred extraction to restoration and 49.2% considered restoration of deciduous teeth unnecessary. 79% indicated that they would undergo scaling. It is therefore recommended that an effective mode of transmitting positive information about various dental treatment modalities be established.
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Atitude Frente a Saúde , Assistência Odontológica/psicologia , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Estudantes/psicologia , População Urbana , Adolescente , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Quênia , Masculino , Estudantes/estatística & dados numéricos , Inquéritos e Questionários , População Urbana/estatística & dados numéricosRESUMO
A histological analysis of 3141 cases of oral tumours and tumour-like lesions diagnosed at Kenyatta National Hospital between 1978 and 1992 has been carried out. Squamous cell carcinoma, salivary gland tumours and lymphoid tumours form the majority of lesions. In general, the histological distribution of the oral tumours do not differ significantly from those reported in non African series save for the Burkitt's lymphoma.
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Neoplasias Bucais/patologia , Biópsia , Humanos , Incidência , Quênia/epidemiologia , Neoplasias Bucais/epidemiologia , Saúde da População UrbanaRESUMO
This paper presents the age, sex and site distribution of oral tumours and tumour like conditions in Kenya. It confirms some important points. First, there is an overall lower mean age for oral tumours in African series compared to non African series. Secondly, sex bias in the distribution of oral tumours is less marked for most tumours in Africans. Thirdly, there is difference in site distribution and oral tumours between Africans and non-African populations.