Analyzing patient perspectives on orthodontic treatment through social media hashtags

Letícia Machado Berretta; Gil Guilherme Gasparello; Evelise Machado de Souza; Giovani Ceron Hartmann; Ewandro Carlos Berretta; Elisa Souza Camargo; Sérgio Aparecido Ignácio; Orlando MotohiroTanaka

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0330263

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Analyzing patient perspectives on orthodontic treatment through social media hashtags

Letícia Machado Berretta,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Private Practice, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Gil Guilherme Gasparello,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Software

Affiliations Orthodontics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Medicine and Life Science School, Curitiba, Brazil, Research Unit of Population Health, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Evelise Machado de Souza,

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Restorative Dentistry, Graduate Dentistry Program, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Medicine and Life Science School, Curitiba, Brazil
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Giovani Ceron Hartmann,

Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Docent, Residency in Orthodontics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Medicine and Life Science School, Curitiba, Brazil
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Ewandro Carlos Berretta,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Private Practice, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Elisa Souza Camargo,

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Docent, Residency in Orthodontics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Medicine and Life Science School, Curitiba, Brazil
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Sérgio Aparecido Ignácio,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Biostatistics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, School of Medicine and Life Sciences, Curitiba, Brazil
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Orlando MotohiroTanaka

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: tanakaom@gmail.com

Affiliation Orthodontics, Graduate Dentistry Program, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Medicine and Life Science School, Curitiba, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1052-7872

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Analyzing patient perspectives on orthodontic treatment through social media hashtags

Letícia Machado Berretta,
Gil Guilherme Gasparello,
Evelise Machado de Souza,
Giovani Ceron Hartmann,
Ewandro Carlos Berretta,
Elisa Souza Camargo,
Sérgio Aparecido Ignácio,
Orlando MotohiroTanaka

Published: August 21, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330263

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