Evaluation of ChatGPT-4o and DeepSeek as tools for orthodontic health literacy in public dental education.

ABSTRACT: This study aims to compare and evaluate the accuracy, consistency, and response behavior of ChatGPT-4o and DeepSeek in orthodontic health literacy tasks. A total of 50 multiple-choice, text-based questions covering five orthodontic domains were developed using the Delphi method by a panel of five experienced orthodontic professionals. Each question was asked to both models three times daily (morning, noon, evening) over three days, in both English and Chinese versions. Accuracy, consistency, and response time were analyzed using SPSS and R software. The overall accuracy of ChatGPT-4o (90.4%) was slightly higher than that of DeepSeek (88.0%), though the difference was not statistically significant in either English (p = 1.000) or Chinese (p = 0.263). Across individual question groups, no si

SUBMITTER: Wen Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12774924 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature