229 - Accessibility to Accurate Educational Pediatric Dental Information Using Online Platforms

Friday, May 26, 2023

1:20 PM – 1:35 PM

Location: Exhibit Hall

Has Audio

Presenting Author(s)

Coleman R. Choate, DMD (he/him/his)

Resident
Texas A & M University -—Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX
Texas A&M School of Dentistry
Dallas, Texas, United States

Co-Author(s)

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Martha Alvarez, DDS

Texas A&M University College of Dentistry
Dallas, Texas, United States
CK

Carolyn Kerins, DDS, PhD

Graduate Program Director
Texas A&M College of Dentistry - Department of Pediatric Dentistry
Dallas, Texas, United States

Program Director(s)

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Carolyn Kerins, DDS, PhD

Graduate Program Director
Texas A&M College of Dentistry - Department of Pediatric Dentistry
Dallas, Texas, United States

Accessibility to Accurate Educational Pediatric Dental Information Using Online Platforms

Carolyn Kerins, DDS PhD; Coleman Choate, DMD; Martha Alvarez, DDS

Purpose: To determine accessibility of educational dental content for caregivers across online platforms.

Materials: The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) Instagram Page and a Board-Certified Pediatric Dentist’s Instagram page were queried. For each platform, topics and # of times topics were viewed were tallied.

Results: The Board-Certified pediatric dentist gets more traffic. The times the AAPD website was hit for information is low.

Conclusions: Instagram and other social media platforms can be reliable and easily accessible mediums to present and obtain accurate AAPD supported information. The AAPD could benefit from hosting or co-hosting similar social media platform content for parents.