Quality evaluation of websites with information on childhood dental caries in Portuguese language
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Purpose: The purpose of this research was to assess the websites retrievable on an Internet search engine, with childhood dental caries information, available for the Portuguese speaking population, and also evaluate the quality of its information. Methods: The search engine selected was Google®, with key words “Cárie” AND “Criança”. The first 100 search results were assessed. Quality evaluation of the websites was performed by using the Health of the Net Foundation (HON) website.
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