Graduate in Medicine and Surgery in University of Zaragoza
Specialist in Stomatology in the Complutense University of Madrid
Master’s degree in tobacco addiction in the University of Cantabria
Ex-President of the Canary Islands Dental Association
Ex-Secretary of the Spanish Dental Association Coordinator of several national campaigns about oral cancer prevention in Spain
Author of the “Guide for tobacco cessation in the dental clinic”
Vicepresident of the Council of European Dentists (CED)
President of the National Committee for Tobacco Prevention (CNPT)
Summary of the presentation
The experience in the last Spanish national campaigns in diagnosis and prevention of oral cancer is presented.
In the beginning there is a justification for the need of such campaigns, mainly coming from the fact that in Europe there is an important diagnosis delay that leads to death rates around 50% at 5 years.
A critical review of the campaigns is presented, analyzing the mistakes that were made and proposing solutions to improve them in the future.
The three targets to which this campaigns should be directed are identified (dentists, general population and civil services) and the several actions taken with each of them is related.