Can ChatGPT-3.5 Be Used to Answer Questions Related to Pediatric Dentistry?

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate and compare the quality of chatGPT-3.5’s responses to frequently asked and undergraduate education-related questions provided by chatGPT-3.5 in the field of pediatric dentistry. Materials and Methods: Frequently asked questions by patients about procedures in pediatric dentistry and questions for educational purposes were generated to be asked on ChatGPT-3.5. The questions were divided into two categories consisting of 14 Patient Questions and 18 Educational Questions. Specific topics covered: Oral hygiene and preventive dentistry, patient management, dental trauma, restorative dentistry and pulp therapy, orthodontics, dental pathology and dental radiology. ChatGPT-3.5 answered these questions on April 15, 2024. Responses were scored on a 1 to 5 scale by pediatric dentists using a modified global quality scale. All statistical calculations were performed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 25.0. Results: Responses were scored by 25 pediatric dentists. The mean score for responses to Patient Questions was 4.21±0.53, while the mean score for responses to Education Questions was 3.44±0.71. The difference in scores between the two question categories and the subgroups of the categories was found to be statistically significant (p