Table 1.

DISCERN and JAMA scores according to profession of the authors

	Total (n=58)	Orthodontist (n=28)	Dentist (n=3)	No Author Disclosed (n=27)
Total DISCERN score (16–80)
16–26 (very poor)	26	11	1	14
27–38 (poor)	23	10	2	11
39–50 (fair)	9	7	0	2
51–62 (good)	0	0	0	0
63–80 (excellent)	0	0	0	0
Average DISCERN score	28.9	30.5	30	27.1
Average number of JAMA benchmarks satisfied (0–4)	1.36	1.8	2.3	0.8