What are people tweeting about orthodontic retention? A cross-sectional content analysis

Al-Moghrabi, Dalya; Johal, Ama; Fleming, Padhraig S.

doi:10.1016/j.ajodo.2017.04.021

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“…Relatively few (8%) of prospective patients reported searching for online information related to their orthodontic treatment in a previous UK-based study (Stephens et al, 2013). However, as patients in long-term retention invariably lack formal follow-ups, more frequent use of Internet-based resources to access relevant information from non-professional sources would be intuitive (Al-Moghrabi et al, 2017). This also corroborates recent reports of patients sharing experiences and concerns about orthodontic retainers on social media (Al-Moghrabi et al, 2017) and was reflected in the frequent referencing of use of YouTube™ videos and other social media sites in the present analysis.…”

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“…Studies focusing on experiences with removable orthodontic retention have been limited to questionnaire-based evaluation and content analyses of social media posts (Al-Moghrabi et al, 2017; Forde et al, 2017; Hichens et al, 2007; Pratt et al, 2011). Although questionnaires provide measurable effects, they do not provide sufficient depth and understanding of the implication of retainer-related experiences.…”

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Factors influencing adherence to vacuum-formed retainer wear: A qualitative study

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Objective: To explore factors influencing adherence to vacuum-formed retainer wear over a minimum period of four years. Design: A qualitative study based on a randomised controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of orthodontic retainers. Setting: Institute of Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London. Participants: Fifteen participants wearing vacuum-formed retainers for at least four years. Methods: One-to-one semi-structured interviews were undertaken on a criterion-based purposive sample of participants wearing vacuum-formed retainers. The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using Framework Methodology. Results: High self-reported levels of adherence in the early stages of retention were linked to a desire to maintain orthodontic outcomes and the negative perception of potential post-treatment changes. However, adherence typically reduced over time due to a combination of factors including the negative impact of retainers on quality of life and pragmatic issues related to retainer wear. Network support was found to be important in the short and long term, with instances of self-directed wear and negative beliefs concerning the importance of retainer wear and predisposition to post-treatment changes. Lack of follow-up appointments and immaturity of participants prompted independent decisions to cease retainer wear. Conclusions: Six key influencers of prolonged adherence with vacuum-formed retainer wear were identified. Future strategies to improve adherence should account for these while also being responsive to time elapsed since debond and patient age.

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Factors influencing adherence to vacuum-formed retainer wear: A qualitative study

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“…Health Discussion: This theme shows Twitter-related studies focused on health topics such as orthodontic retention [233], lung cancer [234], depression and schizophrenia [235], diabetes [236], and mental health [237]. Having an extremely significant change, the health discussion theme has a positive slope.…”

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Twitter and Research: A Systematic Literature Review Through Text Mining

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Researchers have collected Twitter data to study a wide range of topics. This growing body of literature, however, has not yet been reviewed systematically to synthesize Twitter-related papers. The existing literature review papers have been limited by constraints of traditional methods to manually select and analyze samples of topically related papers. The goals of this retrospective study are to identify dominant topics of Twitter-based research, summarize the temporal trend of topics, and interpret the evolution of topics withing the last ten years. This study systematically mines a large number of Twitter-based studies to characterize the relevant literature by an efficient and effective approach. This study collected relevant papers from three databases and applied text mining and trend analysis to detect semantic patterns and explore the yearly development of research themes across a decade. We found 38 topics in more than 18,000 manuscripts published between 2006 and 2019. By quantifying temporal trends, this study found that while 23.7% of topics did not show a significant trend (P => 0.05), 21% of topics had increasing trends and 55.3% of topics had decreasing trends that these hot and cold topics represent three categories: application, methodology, and technology. The contributions of this paper can be utilized in the growing field of Twitter-based research and are beneficial to researchers, educators, and publishers. INDEX TERMS Literature review, social media, survey, text mining, topic modeling, Twitter.

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“…Inductive and deductive manual coding approaches were used (16). Initial primary coding categories for type of appliances and post contents were developed based on our study objective and previous research (17)(18)(19). Each category had several main themes ( Table 2).…”

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“…Since Weibo users can choose to share posts with the public or specific people and only open public data can be searched, some information was inevitably unavailable. However, such selection bias is common in health care-related research using social media (19,37). So far, there have been no commonly accepted guidelines or consensus about the ethics of user privacy and data use on social media-based studies.…”

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The Impact of the COVID-19 Epidemic on Orthodontic Patients in China: An Analysis of Posts on Weibo

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Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, many dental care services including orthodontic practice were suspended. Orthodontic patients turned to social media platforms to communicate, share experiences, and look for solutions. Our study aimed to investigate the attitudes and perspectives of orthodontic patients during the COVID-19 epidemic in China by analyzing orthodontics-related posts on Sina Weibo (a Chinese counterpart of Twitter).Materials and Methods: Potentially eligible posts on Sina Weibo platform were collected between December 30, 2019, and April 18, 2020. Posts related to both orthodontics and COVID-19 were included and then coded and classified into specific appliances and themes. Geographic and temporal distributions of the included posts were analyzed. In addition, time-lagged cross correlation was performed to explore the association between the number of daily posts and daily new COVID-19 cases/deaths in China. Chi-square tests were employed to compare the differences between fixed appliances and aligners in problems/difficulties and feelings during the epidemic.Results: Of the 28,911 posts identified, 4,484 were included in the analysis. The most frequently mentioned themes were appointments (n = 2,621, 58.5%), negative feelings (n = 2,189, 48.8%), and problems/difficulties (n = 1,155, 25.8%). A majority of posts were tweeted in regions with high levels of economic development and population density in eastern China and from February to March. The number of daily posts had a significantly positive correlation with daily new COVID-19 cases/deaths in China (P < 0.05). Compared with clear aligners, patients with fixed appliances reported more problems/difficulties (P < 0.001) and negative feelings (P < 0.001), but fewer positive feelings (P < 0.001).Conclusions: The analysis of Weibo posts provided a timely understanding of the impact of COVID-19 on orthodontic patients. Delayed appointments were their greatest concern, and negative feelings and untreated orthodontic problems increased during the suspension of dental care services. However, patients with clear aligners reported fewer negative feelings and problems than those with fixed appliances. The findings highlighted the need to consider both treatment- and psychology-related issues of orthodontic patients and how to handle them appropriately during the epidemic.

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What are people tweeting about orthodontic retention? A cross-sectional content analysis

Abstract: Subjective experiences in relation to orthodontic retainers were commonly shared on Twitter. Most of the publicly available tweets portrayed retainer wear in a negative light.

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Factors influencing adherence to vacuum-formed retainer wear: A qualitative study

Factors influencing adherence to vacuum-formed retainer wear: A qualitative study

Twitter and Research: A Systematic Literature Review Through Text Mining

The Impact of the COVID-19 Epidemic on Orthodontic Patients in China: An Analysis of Posts on Weibo

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