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Evaluation of Dental Trauma Related Posts on Instagram

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Objective: The aim of the present study was to describe dental trauma related posts which are relation with the type of presentation, the distribution, etiology, treatment procedure and follow-up of the trauma on Instagram. Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive study. The hashtags #dentaltrauma, #teethtrauma, #crownfracture, #toothfracture, #rootfracture, #avulsedtooth, and #dentaltraumatology were selected. All posts under these hashtags within a six month period (November 2018-April 2019) were analyzed. A total of 456 posts were included in this study. Data was collected, including details about the presentation of the case, etiology of trauma, type of trauma, follow-up time, treatment material, and informative advices for patients. SPSS (Version 21.0) was used for statistical analyses. Results: A total of 645 traumatized teeth were shared, 96% of them are permanent teeth. It was found that the most common shared cases were trauma of the maxillary central incisors (86%). No etiological factor of trauma reported in 76% of posts. The most shared type of luxation injury was tooth avulsion (31.7%). More than half of the posts about crown and crown-root fractures (77.1%) were uncomplicated crown fractures. Follow-up time was unreported in more than half of shared posts (86.2%). 13% of the shared dental trauma posts included informative advices for the patients. Conclusion: In this study, it is concluded that most of the Instagram posts which are related with dental trauma did not include essential elements for dental trauma management.

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Social Media in Health Education

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FuenteEuropean Journal of Research in Dentistry
Cuartil año de publicaciónNo disponible
Volumen1
Issue4
Páginas18 - 24
pISSNNo disponible
ISSN2630-6247

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