Table 4.
Practices related to social media use.
| N | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Use any social media app | Yes | 1786 | 92.1 |
| No | 154 | 7.9 | |
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| Type of social media apps used (n = 1786) | 1194 | 66.9 | |
| Snapchat | 1270 | 71.1 | |
| 456 | 25.5 | ||
| 1014 | 56.8 | ||
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| Frequency of its usage (n = 1786) | Daily | 1548 | 86.7 |
| Monthly | 30 | 1.7 | |
| Rarely | 140 | 7.8 | |
| Weekly | 68 | 3.8 | |
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| Purpose of its usage | Communication | 1386 | 77.6 |
| Entertainment | 1274 | 71.3 | |
| Education | 1082 | 60.6 | |
| Advertisement | 338 | 18.9 | |
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| Follow any dental or/and dentist account | Yes | 654 | 36.6 |
| No | 1132 | 63.4 | |
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| All dental contents present in social media are accurate | Agree | 134 | 7.5 |
| Disagree | 784 | 43.9 | |
| Not sure | 868 | 48.6 | |
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| Photos of the dental treatment outcome (before/after) encourage patients to seek treatment | Agree | 966 | 54.1 |
| Disagree | 194 | 10.9 | |
| Not sure | 626 | 35.1 | |