Table 1.

Electronic databases and applied search strategy.

Database	Search strategy (December, 2016)
PubMed https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/	(“tooth”[MeSHTerms] OR “tooth”[AllFields]) AND “skeletal”[AllFields] AND “maturation”[AllFields](“age determination by teeth”[MeSHTerms] OR (“age”[AllFields]) AND “determination”[AllFields] AND “teeth”[AllFields]) OR “age determination by teeth”[AllFields] AND (“age determination by skeleton”[MeSHTerms] OR (“age”[AllFields] AND “determination”[AllFields] AND “skeleton”[AllFields]) OR “age determination by skeleton”[AllFields])(“age determination by teeth”[MeSHTerms] OR (“age”[AllFields] AND “determination”[AllFields] AND “teeth”[AllFields]) OR “age determination by teeth”[AllFields]) AND (“growth and development”[Subheading] OR (“growth”[AllFields] AND “development”[AllFields]) OR “growth”[AllFields]) OR “growth”[MeSHTerms] AND “spurt”[AllFields]
Science Direct www.sciencedirect.com/	Age Determination by Skeleton OR Skeletal Maturation AND Tooth AND Growth Spurt“Age Determination by Teeth” AND “Hand Bones” AND “Skeletal Maturation” AND “Growth Spurt”
SciELO www.scielo.org/	“Skeletal Maturation” AND “Tooth”Age Determination by Skeleton OR Age Determination by TeethHand Bones OR Growth Spurt“Growth Spurt” AND “Tooth”
LILACS lilacs.bvsalud.org	Age Determination by Skeleton AND ToothHand Bones AND ToothAge Determination by Teeth AND Age Determination by SkeletonAge Determination by Teeth AND Growth Spurt
Google Scholar scholar.google.com.br/	“Age Determination by Teeth” AND “Hand Bones” AND “Growth Spurt”
OpenGrey www.opengrey.eu/	“Age Determination by Teeth”“Skeletal Maturation OR Hand”