Assessment of Social Media Usage in Dental Education of Students of Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad

A bstrAct Background: Rapid increase in the usage of social media among dental students and practitioners has profoundly altered dental education. Aim: The main aim of this study was to access the social media usage for dental education among the dental students of Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Centre and to find out the most visited social networking sites. Materials and methods: Prevalidated questionnaire that consists of 26 questions including sociodemographic details was distributed to 400 students of dental college. Ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Ethical Committee of Teerthanker Mahaveer University. Descriptive statistics was used for the frequency distribution and percentage. Results: According to this survey, females (73.7%) tend to use more social media than males (26.3%). They found that almost every student (94.9%) uses the Smartphones for daily work like learning, SMS, research, and seminars. Students use social media for email purpose (79.04%), use social media for instructional YouTube videos (80.9%), and use the web for surfing material (72%). Social media improves the quality of education and provides access to courses and learning material. Conclusion: Social media is bringing new dimension to healthcare, dental students, and health promotion. Dental students have profound knowledge of using social media for dental education.