The Effects Of Social Media On The Patient’s Preference In Teeth Bleaching

Research Article
Fatima AlOtaibi., Alaa Huraib., Ghada AlHarthi., Jana AlSubail., Leena Abuomar., Radwa Alansari and Reema AlHarthi
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2019.1007.3716
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
Bleaching, social media, esthetic treatment.
Abstract: 

Introduction: Nowadays social media has become widely spread in the modern lifestyle. The reason is it affects many people in the way they are thinking and the affecting expected to increase in the future. Materials and Methods: The study is based on modified structured questionnaire it contains 14 questions regarding the knowledge of bleaching other than the demographics, then it has been distributed for male and female (500) participants in different age groups and educational levels via email and Whats App application in Survey monkey link. Results: A total of 500 participants were included in this study with unequal of males and females. the result is showed in two sides which are gender and academic. There was a statistically significant association with the variable ‘do you think coffee & tea has an effect on efficacy of bleaching’ with University and Master level of education more likely to agree and middle and high school likely to be not sure (p=0.007). There was a statistically significant association with the variable ‘do you think teeth whitening lasts a lifetime’ with middle and high school more likely to agree than University and Master level of education (p=0.006). Conclusion: From this project we found that celebrity actually have a wide effect on dentistry field especially in teeth bleaching. The reason is the audience of celebrity are the young people, So the young people are more susceptible to dishonest advertising.