YouTube as a source of information on space maintainers for parents and patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In recent years the social media offers a handy platform for patients who want to receive medical information. The aim of this study is to assess the content of YouTube as an information source on space maintainers and to evaluate the efficiency of videos by parents and patients.

Methods and findings

YouTube was searched for information using two keywords 'space maintainer' and 'space maintainers in pediatric dentistry'. Two dentists reviewed the first 200 videos for each search term. After exclusions, 52 videos were included for analysis. Demographics of videos, including the type of source, date of upload, length, viewers' interaction and viewing rate were evaluated. The overall usefulness of videos was scored according to the American Academy of Pediatric Dentis

SUBMITTER: Capan BS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7877623 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature