Social networking and dental care: State of the art and analysis of the impact on dentists, dental practices and their patients

26th Bled eConference - eInnovations: Challenges and Impacts for Individuals, Organizations and Society, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 178-189

  Pradhan, Sojen ^a   Gay, Valerie ^a   Nepal, Surya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dental review sites; Health social networks; Rankings; Ratings; Recommendations; Search; Trust

Indexed keywords

DENTISTRY; RATING; RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS;

DENTAL REVIEW SITES; RANKINGS; RECOMMENDATIONS; SEARCH; TRUST;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84926022017     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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