Figure 1.

Prevalence of comments from clinicians and the public across social media platforms, August 4, 2016, to September 21, 2017 (n = 671). ^a “Miscellaneous” comprises comments from LinkedIn, Reddit, and Dentaltown. ^b “Clinician” is defined as that classified as a “4” (definitely yes) or “3” (probably yes) for the category “Was the comment written by a dental professional?” in Table 1. ^c A member of the general public is defined as that classified as a “2” (probably no) or “1” (definitely no) for the category “Was the comment written by a dental professional?” in Table 1. ^d “Other” is defined as that classified as a “5” (written by a health professional in a field other than dentistry) or “0” (can’t tell) for the category “Was the comment written by a dental professional?” in Table 1.