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- •Users voted on the posts related to the “treatment process” category and moved the posts to the list of top posts on the platform.
- •In the “question” thread, 47.79% of the posts asked for advice, 21.11% of them were related to failures and complications, and 11.85% of them were about retention appliances and relapse.
- •Overall, 69% of the replies were categorized as “useful.”
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