Evaluation of Quality and Readability of Online Information on Treatments of Traumatic Dental Injuries

Background: Traumatic dental injuries is a common public health issue all over the world. The aim of this study was to investigate quality and readability web based information regarding treatments traumatic injuries. Methods: An internet search carried out using Google engine with four different keywords (''treatment broken teeth'', ''treatment tooth trauma'', anterior fractures in children'', ''fractured teeth treatments'') related duplicate websites, links research studies, advertisements, discussion groups, videos images were excluded from evaluation. written websites analyzed DISCERN toolkit. evaluated Flesch-Kincaid grade level (FKGL), Reading Ease (FKRE) Simple Measure Gobbledygook reading (SMOG) index. Results: A total 120 webpages identified but only 42 them remained after exclusion criterias. Among these 25 (59.5%) belonged private clinics, 9 (21.4%) informative pages about dentistry 8 (19.1%) professional organizations' websites. average score 42.4 ranged between 24 62. FKRE 50.7 ± 14. which equivalent 10th 12nd grade. FKGL for 8.5 2.8 SMOG 7.3 2.0 Conclusions: results present showed that on investigated fair according toolkit too difficult read interpret general population. Healthcare providers should focus improving treatment