Table A1.

Search strategies with appropriated key words and MeSH terms^a

Database	Search strategya
LILACS	CBCT or cone beam computed tomography or tomografia computadorizada por feixe cônico or tomografia computadorizada odontológica [Palavras] and osteoporose or densidade óssea or baixa densidade óssea or bisfosfonatos or densidade mandibular or bone density or low bone density [Palavras]
PubMed	#1 (((adult) OR adults) OR male) OR female #2 ((((((((((((((((((((((((((“Bone density”) OR “Bone mineral density”) OR “Bone mineral densities”) OR “Bone mineral mass”) OR “Bone mineral quality”) OR “Bone quality assessment”) OR “Alveolar bone mass”) OR “Alveolar bone loss”) OR “Mandibular cortical bone”) OR “Mandibular bone quality”) OR “Mandibular bone mineral density”) OR “Jaws bone density”) OR “Cortical bone mass”) OR “Trabecular bone mass”) OR “Trabecular mandibular bone”) OR “Low bone mass”) OR “Low bone mineral mass”) OR “Low bone mineral densities”) OR “Loss of bone mass”) OR “Loss of bone mineral density”) OR “Mandibular osteopenia”) OR “Metabolic bone loss”) OR “Osteoporosis”) OR “Oral bisphosphonates”) OR “Mandibular cortical indices”) OR “Mandibular radiomorphometric indices”) OR “Bisphosphonates” #3 (((((“CBCT”) OR “cone beam”) OR computed tomography) OR cone beam[MeSH Terms]) OR computer assisted tomography) OR cone beam[MeSH Terms] #4 (((((((((((Densitometry) OR densitometric*) OR “DXA”) OR “DEXA”) OR “dual energy X-ray”) OR “dual energy Xray”) OR “dual energy X-ray”) OR “dual-energy X-ray”) OR “dual-energy Xray”) OR “dual-energy X-ray”) OR dxa scan[MeSH Terms]) OR dxa scans[MeSH Terms] #5 (((#1) AND#2) AND#3) AND#4
Science Direct	(Cone beam computed tomography OR Cone beam CT OR CBCT OR CBCT scans OR Cone beam technique or dental computed tomography) and (Bone density OR Bone mineral density OR Bone mineral mass OR Mandibular cortical bone OR Low bone mass OR Low bone mineral densities OR Loss of bone mass OR Osteoporosis OR Bisphosphonates) AND LIMIT-TO(contenttype, “JL,BS”,“Journal”).
Scopus	ALL ((cone beam computed tomography OR cbct OR cone beam ct OR computed tomography AND bone density OR low bone density OR osteoporosis OR radiomorphometric indices OR mandibular indices OR mandibular osteopenia OR mandibular cortical bone))
Web of Science	TS=((Bone density OR Bone mineral density OR Bone mineral densities OR Bone mineral mass OR Bone mineral quality OR Bone quality assessment OR Alveolar bone mass OR Alvelar bone loss OR Mandibular cortical bone OR Mandibular bone quality OR Mandibular bone mineral density OR Jaws bone density OR Cortical bone mass OR Trabecular bone mass OR Trabecular mandibular bone OR Low bone mass OR Low bone mineral mass OR Low bone mineral densities OR Loss of bone mass OR Loss of bone mineral density OR Mandibular osteopenia OR Metabolic bone loss OR Osteoporosis OR Oral bisphosphonates OR Postmenopausal women OR Postmenopausal or mandibular cortical indices or radiomorphometric indices or bisphosphonates) AND (Cone beam computed tomography OR Cone-beam computed tomography OR Cone beam CT OR Cone-beam CT OR CBCT OR CBCT scans OR Cone-beam technique OR Cone beam technique OR Cone beam computed tomography scanners OR Cone-beam computerized tomographic scanning OR Computerized tomography for dental OR Dental cone-beam CT OR Dental cone beam CT or cone beam computer tomography))
Google Scholar	Cone beam AND computed tomography AND CT AND CBCT AND scans AND Cone beam AND technique AND Bone AND density AND Bone mineral AND density AND Bone mineral AND mass AND Mandibular cortical AND bone AND Low AND bone mass AND Low bone AND mineral densities
Open Grey	Cone beam AND Bone density
ProQuest	su(Cone beam ct) AND su(Bone density)

^aUp to 5 October 2016.