17 January 2023

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Using online videos to obtain information about peri-implantitis

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Purpose

With the recent increase in cases of peri-implantitis, the amount of data patients can receive through social media about the condition has increased. This study, published in October 2022 in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, examines what videos offer patients about peri-implantitis. Researchers also aimed to evaluate the quality of the information presented.

Materials and methods

In this cross-sectional study, a systematic search was conducted of online videos containing information about peri-implantitis by an experienced periodontologist. The source of videos, video type, duration, number of days since upload, number of views, comments, likes, dislikes and interaction index of each video were recorded. 

Videos were scored according to content: Score 0 (low content) included videos with no description of clinical presentations, risk factors, or management options; Score 1 (moderate content) encompassed videos that described one clinical presentation and one etiologic factor and did not describe management options; and Score 2 (high content) included videos with the description of at least two clinical presentations, two etiologic factors and one management option. The quality of each video was evaluated using the Global Quality Scale and DISCERN. Data were analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis test, Spearman’s test and multinomial logistic regression analysis. 

Results

The first 200 videos were screened by the research team. After exclusions, 103 videos were included for further analysis. U.S.–based videos were the majority (14 videos), 46.6% of the videos were uploaded by healthcare professionals, and 99% were in the educational videos category. 

Conclusions

Overall, half of the top-ranked online videos were deemed valuable sources of information about peri-implantitis. Videos with high content (Score 2) are more popular and are of greater quality than videos with low content.

For more information: "Is Online Video a Suitable Source to Obtain Sufficient and Useful Information About Peri-Implantitis?"