Digital behavior surveillance: Monitoring dental caries and toothache interests of Google users from developing countries.
Thiago Cruvinel SilvaPatricia E Ayala AguirreMatheus LottoThaís Marchini OliveiraDaniela RiosAgnes F Pereira CruvinelPublished in: Oral diseases (2018)
The levels of interests of South American Google users in seeking dental caries and toothache information appear to have a direct connection with the burden of untreated dental caries lesions and Internet penetration. The no association between dental caries- and toothache-related interests reinforces the unfamiliarity of most people about the relationship of dental pain with the final stages of chronic oral diseases.