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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Dent Assoc. 2018 Feb 14;149(4):273–280.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2017.10.016

Table 1.

Six Most Frequent Terms Classified According to Tone and Sentiment Appearing in 234 News Articles

Tone Sentiment
Positive Term (frequency) Negative Term (frequency) Pro-CWF Term (frequency) Anti-CWF Term (frequency)


Support (124) Decay (124) Health (177) Problem (65)
Benefit (85) Problem (65) Dental (167) Lead (55)
Like (84) Concern (52) Decay (124) Poison (39)
Safe (80) Harm (49) Prevent (99) Bone (33)
Good (74) Severe (44) Cost (89) Dose (30)
Work (71) Reject (40) Benefit (85) Cancer (29)

Terms in the tone and sentiment dictionaries are not mutually exclusive. Positivity or negativity of tone is classified independently of pro- or anti-CWF sentiment.