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Orthognathic surgery: what type of ‘information’ is available to patients on the internet?

From Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2013 | Pages 25-28

Authors

Jonathan Sandler

BDS (Hons), MSc, PhD, MOrth RCS, FDS RCPS, BDS(Hons), MSc, PhD, FDSRCPS, MOrth RCS, Consultant Orthodontist, , DOrth RCS

Consultant Orthodontist, Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Chesterfield, UK

Articles by Jonathan Sandler

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Abstract

The Internet has fast become a very easy and familiar way for patients to access healthcare information. In the dental field there are few papers covering this subject and information about the quantity and quality of information available over the Internet is lacking. This paper aims to investigate the information available, to give dental practitioners an appreciation of the amount and variety of information that their patients can access.

Clinical Relevance: As more of our patients turn to the World Wide Web as a source of health information, it is becoming ever more important that we, as health professionals, have an understanding of the amount and quality of the information that is available.

Article

The Internet is now extremely accessible and is therefore a fast and easy way for our patients to seek out health information. One survey found that 55–80% of patients use the Internet to look for healthcare information.1 The Internet has hugely increased patient access to health information through dedicated websites, YouTube videos and discussion fora but whether the information is reliable and accurate remains questionable.2

A survey of Internet usage amongst dental patients showed that the majority accessed the Internet daily and that every third patient had either looked themselves or knew a family member who had used the Internet to research a dental or oral condition.3 The most common reasons for patients accessing online health sites are:

It is to be expected that patients would use the Internet to do their own research about orthognathic surgery, before or following consultation with health professionals.

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