Dental Contact Lenses: An Ecological Study of Online Searches in Brazil.
Objective: The study aimed to investigate trends in searches for "dental contact lenses" on Google Trends and their association with sociodemographic variables of Brazilian states. Methods: This ecological study utilised Google Trends to analyse search frequencies for "dental contact lenses" in Braz...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Dental Hygiene Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 637 - 643 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Nov2025
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