Purpose <p>The study assesses the teaching effect of social media on the topic of dental implants.</p> Methods <p>A 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.</p> Results <p>Men 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%).</p> Conclusion <p>Currently, 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.</p>

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Instagram, a source of information and education about dental implants?

  • Franziska Kremer,
  • Hans-Joachim Nickenig,
  • Matthias Kreppel,
  • Christian Linz,
  • Max-Philipp Lentzen,
  • Matthias Zirk

摘要

Purpose

The study assesses the teaching effect of social media on the topic of dental implants.

Methods

A 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.

Results

Men 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%).

Conclusion

Currently, 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.