Table 1.

Electronic database and search strategy.

Medline via PubMed
#1	“dentin sensitivity” [MeSH]
#2	“dentin sensitivity” OR “dentine sensitivity” [Title/Abstract]
#3	“dentin hypersensitivity” OR “dentin* hypersensitivity” [Title/Abstract]
#4	“sensitivity” OR “Hypersensitivity” OR “desensitizing” [Title/Abstract]
#5	#1 or #2 or #3 or #4
#6	bioglass OR bio-glass OR “bioactive glass” OR 45S5 [Title/Abstract]
#7	#5 AND #6
#8	“randomized controlled trials” OR “random allocation” OR “clinical trial”
#9	#7 AND #8
CENTRAL
#1	MESH descriptor: [Dentin Sensitivity]
#2	“dentin sensitivity” OR “dentin hypersensitivity”
#3	“sensitivity” OR “hypersensitivity” OR “desensitizing”
#4	#1 or #2 or #3
#5	“bioglass” OR bio-glass OR “bioactive glass” OR “45S5” OR “Novamin”
#6	“calcium sodium phosphosilicate”
#7	#5 OR #6
#8	#4 AND #7
#9	randomized controlled trials OR random allocation OR clinical trial
#10	#8 AND #9
Lilacs
	(tw:(dentin sensitivity)) AND (tw:(clinical trial)) AND (tw:(dentin desensitizing agents)) AND (tw:(glass))
Web of Science
#1	Topic: (dentin sensitivity) OR Topic: (dentin sensitivity)
#2	Topic: (dentin hypersensitivity) OR Topic: (dentin hypersensitivity)
#3	Topic: (sensitivity) OR Topic: (hypersensitivity) OR Topic: (densensitive)
#4	#1 or #2 or #3
#5	Topic: (bioglass) OR Topic: (bio-glass) OR Topic: (bioactive glass) OR Topic: (45S5) OR Topic: (Novamin) OR Topic: (calcium sodium phosphosilicate)
#6	#4 AND #5
#7	randomized controlled trials OR random allocation OR clinical trial
#8	#6 AND #7
ClinicalTrials.gov
#1	“dentin sensitivity” OR “dentin hypersensitivity”
#2	sensitivity OR hypersensitivity OR desensitive
#3	#1 OR #2
#4	bioglass OR bio-glass OR “bioactive glass” OR 45S5 OR Novamin OR “calcium sodium phosphosilicate”
#5	#3 AND #4