Anxiety Among Dental Professionals and Its Association With Their Dependency on Social Media for Health Information: Insights From the COVID-19 Pandemic

Posts on the viral origin, pathogenesis, and transmission have flooded social media platforms resulting in a phenomenon known as ‘infodemic’ which has adversely impacted the psychological wellbeing of dental health care workers. Published in BMC Psychology, this paper discusses the impact of social media on the anxiety levels of dental health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.