How Reliable is Online Information Regarding Dentistry and Wisdom Teeth
It it important that patients exploring dental topics are not being led astray by questionable information on websites. An interesting article titled “The reliability of online information regarding orthognathic surgery available to the public” written by Cobb and Scotton appears in the 2013 edition of Oral Surgery (vol. 6, pp. 56-60). The article discusses how the internet is increasingly being used to access health information and explores the reliability of information on websites regarding orthognathic surgery also known as corrective jaw surgery. The reliability of online information regarding wisdom teeth removal has been explored by this site before in the past, see the post Some New Wisdom Teeth and Dental Information Websites. The post discussed two websites that used to be accessible but have since been deleted that provided some questionable information on wisdom teeth. In addition a PhD Thesis … Read more