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Publication Perception of Undergraduate Dental Students Regarding Teaching Learning Methods in Oral Pathology(Kathmandu University, 2024) Poudel, P; Adhikari, BRABSTRACT Background Third year is considered crucial in undergraduate dental education as this is when students start to have clinical exposure and taught about various oral pathologies. Many a times, students fail to make proper clinical and pathological correlation. It is the responsibility of teacher to impart adequate knowledge to the students regarding a disease in most effective way. Understanding the students perception is an effective way of making new roadmaps for teaching. Objective To assess undergraduate dental student’s perspectives regarding oral pathology along with the effectiveness of various teaching learning methods and assessment methods currently used by faculties of Department of Oral Pathology. Method This cross sectional study was conducted from June 2023 to July 2023 among 136 undergraduate dental students of Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences by using the pretested questionnaire. Convenience sampling method was used. The data collected were entered into the Microsoft Excel Sheet and statistical analysis was done using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 20. Result A total of 136 students participated in the study. Among them, 46 (33.8) were from third year, 51 (37.5) were from fourth year and 39 (28.7) were from fifth year. Half of the students believed that oral pathology is an interesting subject. Most of students; 66 (48.5) participants strongly agreed that knowledge of oral pathology helps in clinical training. Except two students, all the participants said that integration of oral pathology teaching with clinical training will help in better understanding of diseases. More than half of the students 71 (52.2) agreed that lectures and demonstrations taken by faculties has stimulated interest in the subject. Most students 80 (58.8) believe that formative assessment serve the purpose of analyzing the cognitive skill. Sixty six (48.5) students agree that MCQs are an effective tool for analyzing cognitive skills. Conclusion The overall perception of undergraduate dental students regarding the oral pathology subject and the teaching learning method used by faculties is good. However, incorporation of case based learning, integration of oral pathology with other clinical subjects and taking regular feedback from students may be of great use in providing holistic and effective learning environment. KEY WORDS Dental, Oral pathology, Perception, Teaching learning methods, UndergraduatePublication Prevalence, Pattern and Risk Factors of Oral Cancer -A single institute-based study from Nepal(Kathmandu University, 2023) Chaurasia, NK; Upadhyaya, C; Dulal, S; Shakya, M; Adhikari, BR; Upreti, SABSTRACT Background Cancer of lip and oral cavity is the most common type of cancer in male population in South East Asia. Although it is a multifactorial disease, tobacco and alcohol use are the most common risk factors involved. Oral cancer has a direct relationship with deleterious habits. Inadequate knowledge about the disease and lack of awareness about its risk factors play vital role in increasing incidence of oral cancer. Objective To determine the prevalence and pattern of oral cancer as well as to find out the risk factors associated with development of oral cancer. Method The hospital records of the patients with histo-pathologically confirmed oral cancer between November 2011 to December 2021 were studied. Data regarding age, sex, associated risk factors and pattern of oral cancer were recorded. Descriptive statistics were obtained and recorded in tabulated form. Result Total of 312 (53.6%) cases out of 582 biopsies turned out to be histo-pathologically confirmed oral cancer. Out of 312 cases of oral cancer, 294 (94.27%) were squamous cell carcinoma. Total number of males were 196 (66.7%) and females were 116 (37.1%). The mean age was 56.2±13.4 years. Smoking (34.7%) was the most common risk factor and gingiva (42.6%) was the most common site of involvement. Conclusion Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common type of oral cancer and gingiva is the most common site of involvement. Tobacco smoking is the major risk factor for developing oral cancer. KEY WORDS Oral cancer, Risk factors, Smoking, Tobacco