Table 2.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

	Criteria
Include if publication	Is likely to include data pertinent to dental therapists
	Is likely to report data that is pertinent to remote or rural populations (see definition further below)
	Reports empirical data whether quantitative (e.g. randomised controlled trial, survey, cohort, case-control, interrupted time series) or qualitative (e.g. in-depth interview, focus group, ethnography)
	Reports primary or secondary derived data
	Is published in the English language
Exclude if publication	Does not include a sufficient focus on dental therapists
	Is not primarily focused on remote or rural areas
	Is not empirical