Teacher’s Preferences to Receive Oral Health Information Using Internet

Objective: To identify teacher’s preferences using internet to receive oral health information (OHI).
Materials and methods: An adapted cross-sectional survey was held from September to October of 2019 in 14 junior high schools in Jakarta, Indonesia. The questionnaire consisted of information on demography, oral health data, and using internet to obtain OHI. The dependent variable was the frequency of searching for such information in that manner.
Results: The survey achieved a 99% (213/215) response rate with Google (85.4%) and YouTube (43.2%) being the sites most used for OHI searches. Google was mostly used to gain information on teeth whitening and bad breath. Whereas YouTube was mostly used for oral lesions information searches.
Conclusions: Most teachers used internet to obtain useful information related to oral health. This research is expected to be useful for health service providers furnishing health information through socially common media.