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September 10, 2025PLoS ONEOpen Access

Assessing the reliability and educational value of YouTube videos on computer-controlled local anesthesia in dentistry

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HAHulya Cerci AkcayEKErdal Cem KarguNSNefise Seker

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Overview

Assessment reveals educational value and content quality in YouTube videos on computer-controlled local anesthesia, indicating a need for higher standards.

Key Points

  • Videos from academic sources showed significantly higher scores across quality and reliability metrics.
  • The mean scores observed were GQS 2.6, DISCERN 11.7, and VIQI 12.5, all with 95% confidence intervals.
  • Strong positive correlations between the DISCERN tool and the VIQI highlight the relationship between content quality measures.
  • Integration of high-quality video content in dental education may enhance media literacy and student learning outcomes.

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Akcay et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1bd3254b1d3bfb60ee1aahttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0329291
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