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YouTube™ as an information resource for orthognathic surgery
Emmett Hegarty1,2, Ciara Campbell3, Ektor Grammatopoulos1,2
1a Department of Orthodontics , King's College London Dental Institute , London , UK.
Objective:
To investigate video content on YouTube™ related to orthognathic surgery.
Materials And Methods:
YouTube™ was searched using the terms: orthognathic surgery; orthodontic surgery; jaw surgery; jaw corrective surgery. Inclusion criteria included English language; primary content orthognathic surgery and acceptable audio-visual quality. Videos were sorted into the top 50 for each search term by view-count and into an overall top 60 from the four searches. The following parameters were recorded for each video: number of views; likes; dislikes; source; primary intention. Each was classified according to information content as 'excellent', 'moderate' or 'poor'. A pre-determined list of orthognathic surgery-related information domains was also evaluated.
Results:
The top 60 videos had a combined total of 6,986,141 views. Videos predominantly involved patients describing their personal experience (41.67%) with the majority positively biased (61.67%). Only 9.17% of videos were classified as having excellent general information content and 55.83% were rated as poor. Surgical procedures were described in 45% whilst the need for pre- and post-surgical orthodontics was discussed in 33% and 16%, respectively. Post-operative paraesthesia was discussed in 17.5% of videos outcome.
Conclusions:
Video content on YouTube™ relating to orthognathic surgery is substandard and patients should be advised to view it with caution.
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