Table 1.
Metodology for bibliography selection.
| Identification of Studies via Databases and Registers for Realisation of the Extensive Review | ||
|---|---|---|
| Identification | Key words with OR operator | “dental pathology elderly”, “dental care elderly”, “caries in older individuals”, “dental care access elderly” |
| Consulted Databases | Web of Science, PubMed, Cochrane, Scopus | |
| Criteria for inclusion | Review or Original Article, cited at least 20 times, relevant for the topic and thematic, articles that focus on elderly people pathology | |
| Criteria for exclusion | Abstract paper, articles cited less than 20 times, not relevant for the topic and thematic, articles that did not focus on elderly pathology, misleading title related to content | |
| Records identified | Web of Science | 145 papers: 116 original papers + 29 review papers |
| Pubmed | 126 papers: 110 original papers + 16 review papers | |
| Cochrane | 39 papers: 32 original papers + 7 review papers | |
| Scopus | 50 papers: 38 original + 12 review papers | |
| Total records | Web of Science + Pubmed + Cochrane + Scopus |
350 papers: 296 original papers + 64 review papers |
| Duplicates removal | Web of Science + Pubmed + Cochrane + Scopus |
exclusion of 83 papers |
| Full-text analysis | Appliance of inclusion and exclusion criteria | exclusion 145 papers |
| Final bibliographical source | 122 papers: 88 original papers + 2 review papers | |