Recognizing the need for increased oral health service,
oral health prevention and rehabilitative treatment strategies,
the faculty of dentistry at the University of British
Columbia General Practice Residency program has established
a collaborative international rotation in Vietnam.
This international experience has been designed to broaden
the scope of learning for dental postgraduate students
to include an understanding of regional patterns of disease
process, treatment modalities and cultural competency.
The objective of the present overview is to describe the cultural
risk factors associated with oral cancer in immigrant
populations from resource-poor Southeast Asian countries
with a particular focus on Vietnam.