Table 1.

Search strategies with uniterms and Boolean operators employed according to different electronic databases

MedLine/PubMed (23.07.2021)
n= 106
(“periodontitis”[All Fields] OR “periodontal”[All Fields] OR “periodontal disease”[All Fields] OR “periodontal disease risk”[All Fields] OR “periodontal bacteria”[All Fields] OR “periodontal pocket”[All Fields] OR “apical periodontitis”[All Fields] OR “gingivitis”[All Fields] OR “bleeding gum”[All Fields] OR “gum disease”[All Fields] OR “gingival disease”[All Fields] OR “gingival inflammation”[All Fields]) AND (“coronavirus”[All Fields] OR “coronavirus covid-19”[All Fields] OR “novel coronavirus”[All Fields] OR “SARS-CoV”[All Fields] OR “sars cov 2”[All Fields] OR “covid-19”[All Fields] OR “sars cov 2”[All Fields] OR “SARS-CoV”[All Fields] OR “MERS-CoV”[All Fields] OR “2019-nCoV”[All Fields]) Filters: Publication year from 2007 to 2021
EMBASE(23.07.2021)
n= 152
(“periodontitis”/exp OR “periodontitides”:ti,ab,kw OR “pericementitis”:ti,ab,kw OR “pericementitides”:ti,ab,kw OR “periodontal disease”/exp OR “disease, periodontal”:ti,ab,kw OR “diseases, periodontal”:ti,ab,kw OR “periodontal diseases”:ti,ab,kw OR “parodontosis”:ti,ab,kw OR “parodontoses”:ti,ab,kw OR “pyorrhea alveolaris”/exp OR “gingivitis”/exp OR “gingivitides”:ti,ab,kw) AND (“coronavirus”/exp OR “coronavirus covid-19”/exp OR “novel coronavirus”/exp OR “SARS-CoV”/exp OR “sars cov-2”/exp OR “covid-19”/exp OR “SARS-CoV-2”/exp OR “SARS-CoV”/exp OR “MERS-CoV”/exp OR “2019-nCoV”/exp)
SCOPUS (23.07.2021)
n= 156
TITLE-ABS-KEY((periodontitis OR periodontitides OR pericementitis OR pericementitides OR periodontal OR “Diease, Periodontal” OR “Diseases, Periodontal” OR “Periodontal Disease” OR parodontosis OR parodontes OR “Pyorhea Alveolaris” OR gingivitis OR gingivitides) AND (coronavirus OR “coronavirus covid-19” OR “novel coronavirus” OR “SARS-CoV” OR “sars cov-2” OR “covid-19” OR “SARS-CoV-2” OR “SARS-CoV” OR “MERS-CoV” OR “2019-nCoV”))
PROQUEST (23.07.2021)
n=17
(“periodontitis” OR “periodontal” OR “periodontal disease” OR “periodontal disease risk” OR “periodontal bacteria” OR “periodontal pocket” OR “apical periodontitis” OR “gingivitis” OR “bleeding gum” OR “gum disease” OR “gingival disease” OR “gingival inflammation”) AND (“coronavirus” OR “coronavirus covid-19” OR “novel coronavirus” OR “SARS-CoV” OR “sars cov 2” OR “covid-19” OR “sars cov 2” OR “SARS-CoV” OR “MERS-CoV” OR “2019-nCoV”) Filters:subjet periodontitis