Shrivastava Saurabh RamBihariLal, Bobhate Prateek Sudhakar, Andelkar Atul, Dafare Alka
Department of Community Medicine, Datta Meghe Medical College, Off-Campus Centre of Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Vijaypur, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
J Conserv Dent Endod. 2025 Sep;28(9):943-945. doi: 10.4103/JCDE.JCDE_469_25. Epub 2025 Sep 5.
Dental esthetics is crucial for self-confidence, interactions with people, and well-being. In the current era, social media plays a defining role in influencing perceptions about dental esthetics, which leads to a rise in the demand for cosmetic dental procedures. However, the constant exposure to flawless smiles on social media tends to make individuals more self-aware and more critical of their dental esthetics. Due to the overhyped and the unnecessary advertisement and marketing of esthetic dental procedures across different platforms of social media, there has been a significant increase in the number of unsafe or unregulated dental procedures. Acknowledging the rampant rise in esthetic dental procedures, the psychological consequences, and the involved ethical considerations, there is a significant need to encourage better practices. In conclusion, social media plays a crucial role in defining preferences for dental esthetic procedures among the general population. However, the need of the hour is to plan and adopt a comprehensive approach to encourage healthy and ethical practices and take targeted steps to discourage false information and harmful practices.
牙齿美观对于自信心、人际交往和幸福感至关重要。在当今时代，社交媒体在影响人们对牙齿美观的认知方面起着决定性作用，这导致了对美容牙科手术的需求上升。然而，在社交媒体上持续接触完美笑容往往会使个人更加自我意识到并对自己的牙齿美观更加挑剔。由于在社交媒体的不同平台上对美容牙科手术进行了过度炒作以及不必要的广告和营销，不安全或不受监管的牙科手术数量显著增加。认识到美容牙科手术的猖獗增长、心理后果以及涉及的伦理考量，非常需要鼓励更好的做法。总之，社交媒体在确定普通人群对牙齿美容手术的偏好方面起着关键作用。然而，当前迫切需要规划并采用一种全面的方法来鼓励健康和符合伦理的做法，并采取有针对性的措施来抑制虚假信息和有害做法。
