Table 16 Source of information about the aligners among the respondents

Country

A. TV/Youtube

B. Press

C. Facebook

D. Instagram

E. Tiktok

Chile

70 (10,4%)

12 (1,8%)

53 (7,9%)

182 (27,1%)

70 (10,4%)

Poland

83 (19,7%)

15 (3,6%)

168 (39,8%)

194 (46,0%)

122 (28,9%)

Sum

153 (14,0%)

27 (2,5%)

221 (20,2%)

376 (34,4%)

192 (17,6%)

Difference CL/PL

< 0.001

0.104

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

F. Twitter

G. From my generally practitioner

H. From my orthodontist

I. From my colleagues

J. None

K. I have never heard about the aligners before

9 (1,3%)

123 (18,4%)

168 (25,1%)

295 (44,0%)

2 (0,2%)

150 (22,4%)

16 (3,8%)

38 (9,0%)

57 (13,5%)

133 (31,5%)

27 (6,4%)

36 (8,5%)

25 (2,3%)

161 (14,7%)

225 (20,6%)

428 (39,1%)

29 (2,6%)

186 (17,0%)

0.015

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001