Keywords
Specialty
Knowledge
Terminology
Patients
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Abstract
Objective: To assess the level of knowledge of patients about oral and maxillofacial surgery and traumatology, as well as the terminologies used by this specialty through the application of a questionnaire. Methods: Observational, quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study, developed through field research, through data collection through the application of a questionnaire. Results: Most participants were between 25 and 35 years old and male. Questioned about the training of oral and maxillofacial surgeons, 73.8% answered that they would be a doctor. Regarding the clinical situations, the following were attributed to the oral and maxillofacial surgeon: wisdom tooth removal (72.3%), removal of a lump in the mouth (77.8%) and fracture of bones in the face (68.8%). With regard to routinely used technical terms, a high number of participants stated that they did not know what it would be about, especially about occlusion (48.4%). Conclusion: Although the study presents some favorable results in the correlation of clinical situations and technical terms associated with the specialty, the level of knowledge of patients is still considered low about the specialty and CTBMF performance.
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