| No. | Search terms |
| 1 | exp tooth diseases/pc |
| 2 | exp mouth diseases/pc |
| 3 | halitosis/pc |
| 4 | oral health/ |
| 5 | ((dental or tooth or teeth or enamel or root*) and (decay* or caries or carious or white spot* or plaque or reminerali* or deminerali* or erosion* or abrasion* or wear)).ti,ab. |
| 6 | (denture* and (clean* or clens*)).ti,ab. |
| 7 | (periodont* or gingivi* or gingiva*).ti,ab. |
| 8 | (stomatitis or mouth ulcer* or oral ulcer* or (oral adj3 candidi*) or (mouth* adj3 candidi*) or aphthous ulcer* or (aphthae adj3 ulcer*) or (mucositis adj3 mouth*) or (mucositis adj3 oral) or xerostomi* or dry mouth*).ti,ab. |
| 9 | ((oral adj3 health*) or (mouth adj3 health*) or (dental adj3 health*)).ti,ab. |
| 10 | leukoplak*.ti,ab. |
| 11 | hairy tongue*.ti,ab. |
| 12 | (halitosis or mouth odour* or mouth odor* or mouth malodour* or mouth malodor* or oral malodour* or oral malodor* or (breath adj5 malodour*) or (breath adj5 malodor*) or (breath adj5 odour*) or (breath adj5 odor*)).ti,ab. |
| 13 | or/4‐12 |
| 14 | or/1‐3 |
| 15 | aged/ |
| 16 | "aged, 80 and over"/ |
| 17 | frail elderly/ |
| 18 | (geriatric? or senior? or elderly).ti,ab. |
| 19 | (old* adult? or old* person? or old* people or old* patient?).ti,ab. |
| 20 | geriatrics/ |
| 21 | "health services for the aged"/ |
| 22 | geriatric dentistry/ |
| 23 | or/15‐22 |
| 24 | prevent*.ti,ab. |
| 25 | exp preventive dentistry/ |
| 26 | exp cariostatic agents/ |
| 27 | (fluoride? or fluoridation).ti,ab. |
| 28 | exp dentifrices/ |
| 29 | exp mouthwashes/ |
| 30 | exp oral hygiene/ |
| 31 | (oral adj4 care).ti,ab. |
| 32 | (oral hygiene or mouth* care or dental care or (care adj3 teeth) or (mouth* adj3 hygiene) or (plaque adj3 control*) or (plaque adj3 remov*)).ti,ab. |
| 33 | (toothbrush* or tooth‐brush* or toothpaste* or dentifrice* or mouthwash* or mouth‐wash* or mouthrinse* or mouth‐rinse*).ti,ab. |
| 34 | (floss* or interdental brush* or inter‐dental brush* or (tooth adj2 clean*) or (teeth adj2 clean*) or (denture* adj2 hygien*) or (denture* adj2 clean*) or (tongue* adj2 scrap*) or (tongue* adj2 brush*) or (chewing adj2 stick*) or (chewing adj2 gum*)).ti,ab. |
| 35 | health education, dental/ |
| 36 | exp health promotion/ |
| 37 | mass screening/ |
| 38 | screen*.ti,ab. |
| 39 | ((dental or dentist? or oral* or mouth or gum? or tooth or teeth) adj5 (instruct* or advise* or advice or educat* or promot* or teach* or train*)).ti,ab. |
| 40 | or/24‐39 |
| 41 | or/25‐39 |
| 42 | 13 and 40 and 23 |
| 43 | 14 and 41 and 23 |
| 44 | or/42‐43 |
| 45 | randomized controlled trial.pt. |
| 46 | controlled clinical trial.pt. |
| 47 | multicenter study.pt. |
| 48 | pragmatic clinical trial.pt. |
| 49 | (randomis* or randomiz* or randomly).ti,ab. |
| 50 | groups.ab. |
| 51 | (trial or multicenter or multi center or multicentre or multi centre).ti. |
| 52 | (intervention? or effect? or impact? or controlled or control group? or (before adj5 after) or (pre adj5 post) or ((pretest or pre test) and (posttest or post test)) or quasiexperiment* or quasi experiment* or pseudo experiment* or pseudoexperiment* or evaluat* or time series or time point? or repeated measur*).ti,ab. |
| 53 | non‐randomized controlled trials as topic/ |
| 54 | interrupted time series analysis/ |
| 55 | controlled before‐after studies/ |
| 56 | or/45‐55 |
| 57 | exp animals/ |
| 58 | humans/ |
| 59 | 57 not (57 and 58) |
| 60 | review.pt. |
| 61 | meta analysis.pt. |
| 62 | news.pt. |
| 63 | comment.pt. |
| 64 | editorial.pt. |
| 65 | cochrane database of systematic reviews.jn. |
| 66 | comment on.cm. |
| 67 | (systematic review or literature review).ti. |
| 68 | or/59‐67 |
| 69 | 56 not 68 |
| 70 | 44 and 69 |