Quality of available internet information regarding IV sedation for dental treatment

Quality of Information in YoutubeTM Videos on Dental Sedation

“…Of indications, it was determined that information about the possible complications, contraindications, and cost of the procedure was quite limited. [20][21][22][23] It is known that information obtained by patients on the internet is very effective in the decisionmaking process regarding the treatment processes presented to them. 8,10,18 It was seen that very few of the videos conveyed information about dental sedation comprehensively and sensitively (9.43%).…”

“…At the stage of informed consent, patients should be fully presented with all treatment-related parameters. 21 The physician should keep in mind that patients who undertake pre-examination and preoperative research may present with high expectations and insufficient risk and cost information.…”

“…Although the internet has the advantages of providing fast access to large communities, active user interaction, and low cost, it carries the risk of insufficient resources and sharing the information in the idea stage as if it is proven. 10,16,18,21 However, it must be recognized that it would be unreasonable to expect each video to comprehensively cover every aspect and phase of dental sedation techniques, so it should be assumed that some videos, while incomplete, contain accurate and valuable content.…”

“…Numerous studies evaluating online platforms related to dental treatments and oral health have been published. 7,9,14,15,20,22,25,27,28 In the study of Heggie et al 21 in which mostly dental professionals evaluated websites, they stated that less than 3% of the web pages fully met the criteria, and the quality of the available internet information about dental intravenous sedation was insufficient. In our study, we encountered similarly unbalanced content in the parameters (e.g indication, advantage, risk) we used to measure video quality.…”

Evaluation of Quality and Readability of Online Information on Treatments of Traumatic Dental Injuries

“…However minority of them revealed their source of information and date of publication which was in common with the previous studies. 19,26 There are several limitations and constraints of this study that must be kept in mind when interpreting the findings. The search engines and internet are continuously updating and improving their data with new information, especially during this COVID-19 pandemic, thus the same search strategy may produce different results at different times.…”