Table 2.

Studies that fulfilled the selection criteria but were excluded from the “Results” section [11–32]

	Authors, date	Reason for exclusion
[11]	Arslan et al., 2008	Different topic
[12]	Berger-Gorbet et al., 1996	Different material—NiTi screws
[13]	Bogdanski et al., 2002	In German
[14]	Bombonato-Prado et al., 2009	Different topic—expression of genes
[15]	Bosetti et al., 2002	Different material—silver coated
[16]	Brors et al., 2002	Different topic
[17]	Brunot et al., 2007	Different topic
[18]	Diaz et al., 2008	Different topic
[19]	González-Carrasco et al., 2005	Different topic
[20]	Gough and Downes, 2001	Different topic
[21]	Kapanen et al., 2002	Different topic—surface stresses
[22]	Kapanen et al., 2002	Different topic—surface stresses
[23]	Li et al., 2006	In Chinese
[24]	Macnair et al., 1997	Different material—orthopedic polymers
[25]	Misra et al., 2010	Different material—nanograined/ultrafine-grained
[26]	Morais and Pereira, 2000	Different topic
[27]	Nicula et al., 2007	Different topic
[28]	Petrolati et al., 1999	Different topic
[29]	Santavirta et al., 1992	Different topic
[30]	Shahryari et al., 2009	Different topic
[31]	Tschon et al., 2005	Different topic—soft tissue response
[32]	Woodruff et al., 2007	Different topic