title: Messenger Services on Smartphone: Changing Trends of Communication in Dental Practice.
abstract: A smartphone has become an integral part of human life. It is estimated that there will be 200 million smartphone users in India by the end of 2016 and India will become the second largest smartphone market in the world.(1) Accordingly, Internet use on mobile has also flourished extraordinarily, and by the end of 2017, there will be 314 million Internet users in India.(2).
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Dr DY Patil Dental College and Hospital, Dr DY Patil Vidyapeeth, Sant-Tukaram Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra, India, Phone: +919823871462, e-mail: gargi14@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Gargi S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Sarode
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Dr DY Patil Dental College and Hospital, Dr DY Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Sachin C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Sarode
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences Division of Oral Pathology, College of Dentistry, Jazan University Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Shankargouda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patil
mesh_terms: D007194:India; D011215:Practice Management, Dental; D000068997:Smartphone / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*