Accepted for/Published in: Journal of Medical Internet Research
Date Submitted: Mar 27, 2021
Date Accepted: May 13, 2021
Date Submitted to PubMed: May 14, 2021
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Oral health information in social media during COVID-19 pandemic
ABSTRACT
This is a reply to the comments on our previous published paper “Nature and Diffusion of COVID-19–related Oral Health Information on Chinese Social Media: Analysis of Tweets on Weibo”. In the previous study, we overviewed the nature and diffusion of COVID-19–related oral health information on Weibo, covering the changes of oral health information in social media from beginning to ending of the outbreak in the first epicenter of the pandemic in the world. Despite some innate limitations, such as impossibly estimating the specific fluctuation of dental demand-supply relationship with time and the association between users’ background and the information they tweeted, the previous study provided a unique and precious social model to study the pandemic related oral health information within a short time frame. Social media can not only serve as a good communication tool for exchanging oral health knowledge and dental care needs among dental care providers and potential patients, but also contribute to public health surveillance or policymaking during the epidemic. We are looking forward to future studies highlighting further circulation of COVID-19–related oral information globally on a broader time frame.
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