YouTube as an information source in paediatric dentistry education: Reliability and quality analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In the era of Covid 19 pandemic, the audio-visual contents of YouTube™ could be an information source for dental students, practitioners, and patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality, content, and demographics of YouTube™ videos about pediatric dentistry for the education of dentistry students.

Materials and methods

A search on YouTube™ was performed using the keywords "pediatric dentistry", "pediatric dental treatments", "primary teeth treatments" in Turkish. The first 50 videos selected for each keyword were evaluated. Parameters of the videos such as the number of views, the days since the upload, the duration of the video, and the number of likes and dislikes were recorded. Videos are categorized by upload source and content categories as

SUBMITTER: Uzel I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10038246 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature