Table 1.

Electronic databases used and search strategies.

Database	Search strategy
MEDLINE/PubMed	(“aerosol s”[All Fields] OR “aerosolic”[All Fields] OR “aerosolization”[All Fields] OR “aerosolizations”[All Fields] OR “aerosolize”[All Fields] OR “aerosolized”[All Fields] OR “aerosolizer”[All Fields] OR “aerosolizes”[All Fields] OR “aerosolizing”[All Fields] OR “aerosols”[MeSH Terms] OR “aerosols”[All Fields] OR “aerosol”[All Fields] OR “bio-aerosol”[All Fields] OR (“emission”[All Fields] OR “emission s”[All Fields] OR “emissions”[All Fields] OR “emissive”[All Fields]) OR (“air pollution”[MeSH Terms] OR (“air”[All Fields] AND “pollution”[All Fields]) OR “air pollution”[All Fields])) AND (“dental health services”[MeSH Terms] OR (“dental”[All Fields] AND “health”[All Fields] AND “services”[All Fields]) OR “dental health services”[All Fields] OR “dental”[All Fields] OR “dentally”[All Fields] OR “dentals”[All Fields] OR (“dentist s”[All Fields] OR “dentists”[MeSH Terms] OR “dentists”[All Fields] OR “dentist”[All Fields]) OR (“dentistry”[MeSH Terms] OR “dentistry”[All Fields] OR “dentistry s”[All Fields])) AND ((“high”[All Fields] AND (“volum”[All Fields] OR “volume”[All Fields] OR “volumes”[All Fields] OR “voluming”[All Fields]) AND (“evacuate”[All Fields] OR “evacuated”[All Fields] OR “evacuates”[All Fields] OR “evacuating”[All Fields] OR “evacuation”[All Fields] OR “evacuations”[All Fields] OR “evacuator”[All Fields] OR “evacuators”[All Fields])) OR (“rubber dams”[MeSH Terms] OR (“rubber”[All Fields] AND “dams”[All Fields]) OR “rubber dams”[All Fields] OR (“rubber”[All Fields] AND “dam”[All Fields]) OR “rubber dam”[All Fields]) OR (“air filters”[MeSH Terms] OR (“air”[All Fields] AND “filters”[All Fields]) OR “air filters”[All Fields] OR (“air”[All Fields] AND “filter”[All Fields]) OR “air filter”[All Fields]) OR (“air ionization”[MeSH Terms] OR (“air”[All Fields] AND “ionization”[All Fields]) OR “air ionization”[All Fields]) OR (“ultraviolet”[All Fields] OR “ultraviolets”[All Fields]) OR (“disinfect”[All Fields] OR “disinfectable”[All Fields] OR “disinfectants”[Pharmacological Action] OR “disinfectants”[MeSH Terms] OR “disinfectants”[All Fields] OR “disinfectant”[All Fields] OR “disinfected”[All Fields] OR “disinfecting”[All Fields] OR “disinfection”[MeSH Terms] OR “disinfection”[All Fields] OR “disinfections”[All Fields] OR “disinfective”[All Fields] OR “disinfects”[All Fields]))
Scopus	(TITLE-ABS-KEY(aerosol) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(aerosolization) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(aerosolizations) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(aerosolize) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(aerosolized) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(aerosolizer) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(aerosolizes) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(aerosolizing) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(aerosols) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(aerosolic) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(bio-aerosol) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(emission) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(emissions) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(emissive) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(air pollution)) AND (TITLE-ABS-KEY(dental health services) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(dental) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(dentally) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(dentals) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(dentists) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(dentist) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(dentistry)) AND (TITLE-ABS-KEY(high volume evacuation) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(high volume evacuate) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(rubber dam) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(suction) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(air filter) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(high efficiency particulate air) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(air ionization) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(ozone) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(ultraviolet) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(fumigation) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(rinse) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(reduction) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(disinfection) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(decontamination) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(mitigation))
Web of Science	TS= (aerosol OR aerosols OR aerosolization OR aerosolizations OR aerosolize OR bio-aerosol OR aerosol transmission OR aerosol generating procedures OR inhalation transmission OR contact transmission OR emissions OR nosocomial transmission OR air pollution) AND TS= (dental OR dental health services OR dentally OR dentals OR dentists OR dentist OR dentistry) AND TS= (high volume evacuation OR high volume evacuate OR rubber dam OR suction OR air filter OR high efficiency particulate air OR air ionization OR ozone OR ultraviolet OR fumigation OR rinse OR reduction OR disinfection OR decontamination OR mitigation)
Embase	('aerosol'/exp OR aerosol OR 'aerosols'/exp OR aerosols OR 'bio aerosol' OR 'aerosol transmission'/exp OR 'aerosol transmission' OR (('aerosol'/exp OR aerosol) AND ('transmission'/exp OR transmission)) OR 'aerosol generating procedures'/exp OR 'aerosol generating procedures' OR (('aerosol'/exp OR aerosol) AND generating AND ('procedures'/exp OR procedures)) OR 'inhalation transmission' OR (('inhalation'/exp OR inhalation) AND ('transmission'/exp OR transmission)) OR 'contact transmission' OR (('contact'/exp OR contact) AND ('transmission'/exp OR transmission)) OR emissions OR 'nosocomial transmission'/exp OR 'nosocomial transmission' OR (nosocomial AND ('transmission'/exp OR transmission)) OR 'air pollution'/exp OR 'air pollution' OR (('air'/exp OR air) AND ('pollution'/exp OR pollution))) AND ('dental'/exp OR dental) AND ('high volume evacuation' OR (high AND ('volume'/exp OR volume) AND ('evacuation'/exp OR evacuation)) OR 'high volume evacuate' OR (high AND ('volume'/exp OR volume) AND evacuate) OR 'rubber dam'/exp OR 'rubber dam' OR (('rubber'/exp OR rubber) AND ('dam'/exp OR dam)) OR 'suction'/exp OR suction OR 'air filter'/exp OR 'air filter' OR (('air'/exp OR air) AND ('filter'/exp OR filter)) OR 'high efficiency particulate air' OR (high AND ('efficiency'/exp OR efficiency) AND particulate AND ('air'/exp OR air)) OR 'air ionization'/exp OR 'air ionization' OR (('air'/exp OR air) AND ('ionization'/exp OR ionization)) OR 'ozone'/exp OR ozone OR 'ultraviolet'/exp OR ultraviolet OR 'fumigation'/exp OR fumigation OR rinse OR 'reduction'/exp OR reduction OR 'disinfection'/exp OR disinfection OR 'decontamination'/exp OR decontamination OR 'mitigation'/exp OR mitigation)