Do video animations and 3-D skull models reduce preoperative anxiety in bimaxillary orthognathic surgery patients? Randomized controlled trial.

Researchers compared three methods of preoperative information delivery—standard verbal explanation, video animation, and 3-D skull models—in patients undergoing bimaxillary orthognathic surgery and found no meaningful difference in reducing preoperative anxiety among the approaches.

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