Table 3: Professional reasons for using social media.

- - Current Position Total n (%)
- - Dental Student (%) Intern/ Dentist (%) -
For finding dental information (learning) Yes 80.14% 78.89% 620 (79.59%)
- No 19.86% 21.11% 159 (20.41%)
Watching clinical procedures (videos or live) for learning Yes 81.51% 79.18% 627 (80.49%)
- No 18.49% 20.82% 152 (19.51%)
Learning from other professionals (peer learning) Yes 60.73% 61.58% 476 (61.1%)
- No 39.27% 38.42% 303 (38.9%)
Virtual meetings with other students/faculty Yes 28.54% 28.74% 223 (28.63%)
- No 71.46% 71.26% 556 (71.37%)
Sharing dental content such as files, pictures, x-rays, and other Yes 50% 48.68% 385 (49.42%)
- No 50% 51.32% 394 (50.58%)
Developing an e-portfolio for future employment Yes 22.37% 20.23% 167 (21.44%)
- No 77.63% 79.77% 612 (78.56%)
Communicate with patients Yes 55.71% 48.97% 411 (52.76%)
- No 44.29% 51.03% 368 (47.24%)
Increase well-being (such as self-esteem) by positive feedback Yes 37.21% 30.21% 266 (34.15%)
- No 62.79% 69.79%* 513 (65.85%)
Other Yes 14.61% 10.85% 101 (12.97%)
- No 85.39% 89.15% 678 (87.03%)

* P-value <0.05