Instagram, a source of information and education about dental implants?
摘要
The study assesses the teaching effect of social media on the topic of dental implants.
MethodsA sample of 400 Instagram posts were collected, 100 each for one of the following hashtags #dentalimplants,#implantdentisitry, #implantsurgery and #implantology. They were examined regarding their likes, comments, author (dentist or practice or clinic, dental technician, company, Instagram page, patient), gender, form of presentation (image + text, video, text, image) and purpose of the post. Afterwards all posts were divided into“excellent”, “good”, “moderate” and “poor” teaching effect regarding dental implantology by 6 different evaluators with different levels of training in dentistry. 400 Instagram posts were collected, each with hashtags related to dental implants, analyzed over a year.
ResultsMen authored 48.5% of the posts, women 21.75%, and posts of unknown gender 29.75%. Images were the most common post format at 69.75%, while texts were the least at 0.75%. Dentists posted most frequently (76.5%), followed by dental technicians (11.5%), with educational posts (9.5%) being the least common purpose. Additionally, the evaluation of educational quality by six assessors showed that poor ratings were most common (76.7%), while excellent ratings were the least frequent (3.3%).
ConclusionCurrently, social media cannot be used to obtain quality information about dental implants. Nevertheless, social media as an information platform about health-related topics continues to grow and has an increasingly important role in the lives of patients and professionals.