Table 1.
Images and associated comments posted on Instagram before or on 31 July 2020 using the top oral health-related hashtags.
| Hashtag | Number of images | Number of comments | Comments per image | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Median | Max | |||
| #circularcaries | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| #preventearlychildhoodcaries | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| #nursingbottlesyndrome | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 |
| #preventearlychildhoodtoothdecay | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 |
| #earlychildhoodtoothdecay | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 0 | 11 |
| #earlychildhoodoralhealth | 7 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 |
| #nursingcaries | 34 | 111 | 3.3 | 2 | 27 |
| #babybottlesyndrome | 51 | 100 | 2.0 | 1 | 14 |
| #babybottlecaries | 61 | 221 | 3.6 | 0 | 78 |
| #rampantcaries | 78 | 152 | 1.9 | 0 | 21 |
| #nursingbottlecaries | 99 | 470 | 4.7 | 0 | 81 |
| #babybottletoothdecay | 162 | 228 | 1.4 | 0 | 94 |
| #earlychildhoodcaries | 559 | 1,928 | 3.4 | 1 | 111 |
| Total | 1,071 | 3,228 | 3.0 | 1 | 111 |