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. 2023 Mar 16;52(5):20230024. doi: 10.1259/dmfr.20230024

Table 1.

Search strategy used in different databases

Database Search strategy No. of articles
PubMed (“Magnetic Resonance Imaging”[MeSH Terms] OR “Magnetic Resonance Imaging” OR MRI OR “T1 weighted” OR “T 1-weighted” OR T1WI OR “T2 weighted” OR “T 2-weighted” OR T2WI OR “black bone”) AND (“cephalometry”[MeSH Terms] OR cephalometry OR cephalometric OR cephalogram) AND (orthodontics[MeSH Terms] OR orthodontic* OR “surgery, oral”[MeSH Terms] OR “oral surgery” OR “oral radiology” OR maxillofacial) 214
Web of science ((TS=(('magnetic resonance imaging' OR mri OR 'T1 weighted' OR 'T 1-weighted' OR T1WI OR 'T2 weighted' OR 'T 2-weighted' OR T2WI OR 'black bone'))) AND TS=((cephalometry OR cephalogram OR cephalometric))) AND TS=((orthodontic* OR 'oral surgery' OR 'oral radiology' OR maxillofacial)) 185
Scopus TITLE-ABS-KEY ((“Magnetic Resonance Imaging” OR mri OR “T1 weighted” OR “T 1-weighted” OR T1WI OR “T2 weighted” OR “T 2-weighted” OR T2WI OR “black bone”) AND (cephalometry OR cephalogram OR cephalometric) AND (orthodontic* OR “oral surgery” OR “oral radiology” OR maxillofacial)) 182
Embase (('magnetic resonance imaging' OR mri OR 'T1 weighted' OR 'T 1-weighted' OR T1WI OR 'T2 weighted' OR 'T 2-weighted' OR T2WI OR 'black bone') AND (cephalometry OR cephalogram OR cephalometric) AND (orthodontic* OR 'oral surgery' OR 'oral radiology' OR maxillofacial)):ti,ab,kw 50
Ovid MEDLINE (“Magnetic Resonance Imaging” or MRI or “T1 weighted” or “T 1-weighted” or T1WI or “T2 weighted” or “T 2-weighted” or T2WI or “black bone”).ti,ab,kw. and (cephalometry or cephalogram or cephalometric).ti,ab,kw. 73
LILACS (('magnetic resonance imaging' OR mri OR 'T1 weighted' OR 'T 1-weighted' OR T1WI OR 'T2 weighted' OR 'T 2-weighted' OR T2WI OR 'black bone')) AND ((cephalometry OR cephalogram OR cephalometric)) AND ((orthodontic* OR 'oral surgery' OR 'oral radiology' OR maxillofacial)) (Title, Abstract, Subject) 92
EBSCO AB (“Magnetic Resonance Imaging” OR mri OR “T1 weighted” OR “T 1-weighted” OR T1WI OR “T2 weighted” OR “T 2-weighted” OR T2WI OR “black bone”) AND AB (cephalometry OR cephalogram OR cephalometric) AND AB (orthodontic* OR OR “oral surgery” OR “oral radiology” OR maxillofacial) 51
Cochrane ((“Magnetic Resonance Imaging” or MRI or “T1 weighted” or “T 1-weighted” or T1WI or “T2 weighted” or “T 2-weighted” or T2WI or “black bone”)):ti,ab,kw AND ((cephalometry or cephalogram or cephalometric)):ti,ab,kw AND ((orthodontic* or “oral surgery” or “oral radiology” or maxillofacial)):ti,ab,kw 8