Reliability of Educational Content Videos in YouTube<sup>TM</sup> about Stainless Steel Crowns
Prabhadevi C. Maganur,
Zaki Hakami,
Ravi Gummaraju Raghunath,
Sudhakar Vundavalli,
Ganesh Jeevanandan,
Yousef M. Almugla,
Sanjeev B. Khanagar,
Satish Vishwanathaiah
Affiliations
Prabhadevi C. Maganur
Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, Division of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia
Zaki Hakami
Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, Division of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia
Ravi Gummaraju Raghunath
Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, Division of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
Sudhakar Vundavalli
Department of Preventive Dentistry, Division of Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Jouf University, Sakaka 42421, Saudi Arabia
Ganesh Jeevanandan
Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, College of Saveetha Dental, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai 602105, India
Yousef M. Almugla
Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, Division of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
Sanjeev B. Khanagar
Preventive Dental Science Department, College of Dentistry, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh 11481, Saudi Arabia
Satish Vishwanathaiah
Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, Division of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia
The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the quality and educational information provided on YouTubeTM about stainless steel crowns (SSC). Videos were searched for on YouTube TM using keywords related to stainless steel crowns in pediatric dentistry in the Google Trends application. A total of 52 videos were available. After exclusion criteria application, 22 videos were selected for the study for analysis. To classify the video content as high or low quality, a scoring system formed of seven parameters was used. For a global evaluation of the video quality, the video information and quality index were applied. Data obtained were analyzed statistically. Only a few videos explained the importance of SSCs. Most of the videos uploaded with a high number of likes were of low quality. Very few videos were of high quality. The content quality and educational quality of videos is poor and incomplete. None of the videos explained the need for the SSC and its benefits in pediatric dentistry.
