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Objective – To develop and evaluate an educational website in order to promote the prevention and early identification of oral cancer. Methods – A website with educational content on oral cancer, a knowledge questionnaire and a video of oral self-examination were developed. Results – The website developed was titled "Educational website for the prevention of oral cancer". The statistical analysis showed that the G1 and G2 groups were homogeneous regarding the previous knowledge about oral cancer. However, the G1 showed significant difference (P < 0.01) on the post-navigation knowledge on the website. Conclusion – The developed website proved to be an efficient educational tool for gaining knowledge about oral cancer. It enabled about 15.000 accesses to the website and reached approximately 500,000 views of the oral self-examination.