Available web‐based dental implants information for patients. How good is it?

Abstract

Available e-health information on dental implants in English language is difficult to read for the average patient and poor in terms of quality.

Prostate Cancer on the Web—Expedient Tool for Patients’ Decision-Making?

“…The readability of online health information on PCa was overall rated as fairly difficult, which is in line with published readability ratings from information on dental implants [20]. This represents an important obstacle since an average American adult reads at an eighth grade level [21].…”

What do patients expect from treatment with Dental Implants? Perceptions, expectations and misconceptions: a multicenter study

“…Other than the dentist, common sources of information for the patients include friends, relatives and social network and recently the Internet and social media (Atieh et al 2015;Hu et al 2009;Narby et al 2011;Simensen et al 2015; Wang et al 2015). According to Leira-Feijoo et al (2015) and Jayaratne et al (2014), information on Dental Implants available on many freely accessible websites is of poor quality and difficult to comprehend for the average patient. It is therefore not unlikely that many patients lack evidence-based and unbiased information, leading to misunderstandings or unrealistic perceptions with regard to the complexity of implant therapy.…”

“…According to Leira‐Feijoo et al. () and Jayaratne et al. (), information on Dental Implants available on many freely accessible websites is of poor quality and difficult to comprehend for the average patient.…”

Available patient-centered Internet information on peri-implantitis. Can our patients understand it?

“…Readability grades according to the FRES are 0-30 = very difficult, 30-50 = difficult, 50-60 = fairly difficult, 70-80 = fairly easy, 80-90 = easy, and 90-100 = very easy. The text that is graded as Beasy^ by the FKRGL is considered readable by people up to 12 years of age; text graded as Bdifficult^ is suitable for people aged over 16 [13]. GFI scores are 5 = readable, 10 = hard, 15 = difficult, and 20 = very difficult.…”

“…Specifically in terms of oral implants, the use of the Internet is very common among patients to solve their doubts; in particular, this cliché is ranked as the third most consulted one among patients in relation to oral health [12]. Web-based in-formation available for patients about oral implants has been described as poor in terms of quality and also difficult to read [13]. The poor understanding of patients about PI has also been described and this reality makes them clear candidates to use the Internet as a source of information [8].…”