Information on oral cancer available on the internet: Is it reliable?

Knowledge and Practice Regarding Oral Cancer: A Study Among Dentists in Jakarta, Indonesia

“… 20 There are many websites and other sources of information online with incorrect information that are easily accessible to the public. 21 , 22 Furthermore, it is important to determine whether dentists question their patients about these risk factors. In the present study, we did not include any questions on this subject.…”

Awareness on oral cancer among patients attending dental school clinics in Brazil

“…Thus, dentists, especially specialists in Oral Pathology and Medicine, should participate more actively in social media on the Internet to disseminate reliable and useful information about the disease. Recently, some authors have pointed to the poor quality of information on oral cancer available on the Internet (27). Moreover, dentists play an important role in identification and diagnosis of oral lesions, including the oral cancer.…”

Continuing education in oral cancer during coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) outbreak

“…In this time of confinement due to COVID-19, it seems to us that it may be a good opportunity to draw the attention of dentists outside their offices, to the main clinical features of oral SCC, its current epidemiological trends, stressing the association between early diagnosis and good prognosis. However, recently we have evidenced that the information on oral SCC available on the internet is of low quality, both on websites, YouTube and Instagram [3,4]. Thus, members of international and national Professional Associations (Oral Pathology and Medicine, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology), and Dental and Medical Schools around the world, could mobilize themselves to produce quality online content on Websites, Instagram, YouTube, and other apps that allow the transmission of videos and lives.…”