Evaluation of dentist-patient relationship toward the treatment of oral diseases after the usage of internet

Sen, Sourav; Patel, Bhakti; Parekar, Anushka; Shrawagi, Nikita S; Deolia, Shravani; Sen, Rakashree Chakraborty

doi:10.4103/2319-5932.195833

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“…People are making the use of the internet for various purposes including for getting health-related information. [ 4 ] Its use has definitely changed the entire face of the healthcare system and the overall relationship between healthcare professionals and their patients. [ 5 ]…”

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Influence of Social Media towards the Selection of Hollywood Smile among the University Students in Riyadh City

Ansari

Alzahrani

Abomelha

et al. 2020

J Family Med Prim Care

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Background: Hollywood smile refers to the aesthetic development of dental appearance inspired by the beauty displayed by the movie actors. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the extent of social media effect on the decision making of university students towards selecting Hollywood smile as the choice of their aesthetic treatment. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted by utilizing a self-designed closed-ended questionnaire among under-graduate students from the various public as well as private universities of Riyadh city. The questionnaire was constructed online using Google forms and began with questions related to demographics; questions like Do you notice celebrity's smile on social media? Have you visited a dentist solely after getting inspired by a celebrity's smile? etc., Responses were on a 5-point likert scale ranging from highly dissatisfied or strongly disagree to highly satisfied or strongly agree whenever applicable. Chi-square test was used to compare the differences among the groups with the value of significance kept under 0.05 by using SPSS version 19. Results: The majority of the female participants reported noticing the celebrity's smile on social media. Influence by the celebrity smiles on social media was found more in the older age group participants. However, the term “Hollywood smile” was slightly more known among the younger aged participants. Conclusion: The overall effect of social media in decision making of opting for Hollywood smile was found to be moderate. More studies should be conducted to investigate how much social medial is effecting the perceptions of youngsters.

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Influence of Social Media towards the Selection of Hollywood Smile among the University Students in Riyadh City

Ansari

Alzahrani

Abomelha

et al. 2020

J Family Med Prim Care

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“…The extent of dependency people have on social media for making health-related decision have been shown in studies (Sen et al, 2016). In Saudi Arabia also, the dissemination of internet usage have crossed 30 million in 2018 and in the previous decade it emerged as a powerful sources of communication (Alkadhi et al, 2020).…”

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Knowledge and Attitude of People towards using Complementary and alternative medicine in Riyadh city - A questionnaire study

Alqahtani

Mohd

Rahbeni

2020

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The practice of CAM use is influenced by , cultural and religious factor; it becomes essential to explore the prevalence and perception on a regular basis. Therefore, aim of this survey was to assess the knowledge and attitude of consumers towards Alternative Complementary Medicine in Riyadh city. A questionnaire based survey was carried out in Riyadh city from Dec. 2019 to April 2020 on the residents above 18 years. Details of type of CAM practiced and its source of information and questions on the perceptions of participants regarding use of CAM like Is it safe to use alternative medicine, Less expensive/ more effective than modern medicine were asked. The responses of perceptions were on 3 point scale-Agreed, neutral and disagreed. Chi-square test was applied to find association different types of and perceptions with demographic variables. A value of p<0.05 was considered statistically significant. A total of (n=381) subjects responded to the questionnaire. Most of the study subjects reported social media (51%) as the main source of information for the and used herbal medicine (72.70%). Females and participants between 51-60 years showed significantly higher use of (p<0.05). Almost 40.70% and 54.4% of the study participants agreed that the is safe and less expensive than modern medicine, respectively. Researches in the area of CAM by focusing each practice separately should be encouraged so that sufficient evidence exists to use or refute any CAM practice and physicians must advise patients to consult the respective experts and work in an integrated approach for the well-fare of the patients and the society.

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“…Searching for causes and reasons, oral and dental health recommendations, and seeking for special dentistry diagnosis, comments and information are among the other purposes of the studied users. Sen et al (2016) have claimed that, although people may have various purposes in searching the health-related web pages, this process can affect the patients` thinking and lead them to use much more oral health information based on the Internet (17). Similarly, Chiu (2016) has mentioned that the patients have nine different purposes from posting the questions on medical consultation websites.…”

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“… Sen et al. (2016) have claimed that, although people may have various purposes in searching the health-related web pages, this process can affect the patients' thinking and lead them to use much more oral health information based on the Internet ( Sen et al., 2016 ). Similarly, a study has mentioned that the patients have nine different purposes from posting the questions on medical consultation websites.…”

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Dentistry website analysis: An overview of the content of formulated questions and answers

Bastani

Niknam

Rezazadeh

et al. 2022

Heliyon

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Evaluation of dentist-patient relationship toward the treatment of oral diseases after the usage of internet

Cited by 5 publications

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Influence of Social Media towards the Selection of Hollywood Smile among the University Students in Riyadh City

Influence of Social Media towards the Selection of Hollywood Smile among the University Students in Riyadh City

Knowledge and Attitude of People towards using Complementary and alternative medicine in Riyadh city - A questionnaire study

Dentistry website analysis: An overview of the content of formulated questions and answers

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