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ArticleCureus2024

A Social Media Content Analysis of Dental Health Information Involving the Use of Miswak (Salvadora persica) Chewing Stick on YouTube™.

Maram A Alwadi, AlBandary H AlJameel, Falah R Alshammari, Enmanuel A Chavarria, Basil H Aboul-Enein

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Maram A AlwadiDepartment of Dental Health, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, SAU.
AlBandary H AlJameelDepartment of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, SAU.
Falah R AlshammariDepartment of Dental Public Health and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Hail University, Hail, SAU.
Enmanuel A ChavarriaDepartment of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USA.
Basil H Aboul-EneinFaculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, GBR.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background The widespread availability of Internet access and the rising popularity of social media platforms have facilitated the dissemination of health-related information, including dental health practices. However, assessing the quality and effectiveness of such information remains a challenge, particularly concerning traditional practices such as Miswak (

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dental healthinternetmiswaksocial mediayoutube

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PMID39156305
PMCPMC11328981

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