Social media impact on students' decision-making regarding aesthetic dental treatments based on cross-sectional survey data.

Autor: Freire Y; Department of Pre-Clinic Dentistry, School of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670, Villaviciosa de Odón, Spain., Gómez Sánchez M; Department of Pre-Clinic Dentistry, School of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670, Villaviciosa de Odón, Spain., Sánchez Ituarte J; Department of Pre-Clinic Dentistry, School of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670, Villaviciosa de Odón, Spain., Frías Senande M; Department of Pre-Clinic Dentistry, School of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670, Villaviciosa de Odón, Spain., Díaz-Flores García V; Department of Pre-Clinic Dentistry, School of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670, Villaviciosa de Odón, Spain. victor.diaz-flores@universidadeuropea.es., Suárez A; Department of Pre-Clinic Dentistry, School of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670, Villaviciosa de Odón, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2024 Sep 16; Vol. 14 (1), pp. 21626. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 16.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-72442-8
Abstrakt: This study investigated the influence of social media on patients regarding aesthetic dental treatments according to sex, type of treatment, and time since their last treatment. A cross-sectional study was conducted using a web-based survey. Participants were students over 18 years of age who were social media users and had undergone aesthetic dental treatment. 504 responses were included. Data evaluation was made using Pearson chi-square test. The level of significance was set at p < .05. 29.37% of the respondents indicated that social media influenced their decision to have their aesthetic treatment. Regarding the influence of social media, no differences were observed between males and females, nor by type of aesthetic treatment. Participants who had undergone an aesthetic dental treatment within the last year were more influenced by social media than those who had undergone it more than two years ago. Posts from dental clinics or dentists were the type of content that most influenced participants. Social media can influence some patients' decision to undergo aesthetic dental treatment, thus dental practices and dentists should consider the increasing importance of social media in their daily practice.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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