Table 1.

The query for database search

DATABASE	SEARCH STRATEGY	n
PubMed	((“Cone-Beam Computed Tomography”[Mesh] OR CBCT OR “Cone Beam Computed Tomography” OR “Cone Beam CT”) AND (Dentition[Mesh] OR tooth OR teeth OR dental) AND (“Age Determination by Teeth”[Mesh] OR “age estima*” OR “age determination” OR “age assessment” OR “dental age”))	57
Scopus	ALL ((“Cone Beam Computed Tomography” OR “Cone-Beam Computed Tomography” OR “Cone Beam CT” OR CBCT) AND (“Age Determination” OR “Age Assessment” OR “Age estimation”) AND (dental OR dentition OR tooth OR teeth))	532
LILACS	(“cone beam computed tomography” OR “cone beam computerized tomography” OR “cone beam computer assisted tomography” OR CBCT OR “cone beam CT”) AND (“age measurement” OR “age estimation” OR “age determination” OR “dental age”) AND tooth OR teeth OR dentition	6
SciELO	(“cone-beam computed tomography” or “CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY” or “CONE BEAM CT” or CBCT) AND (“AGE estimation” or “AGE DETERMINATION” or “AGE DETERMINATION” or “AGE ASSESSMENT”) AND (tooth or teeth or dentition)	3
Web of Science	ALL=((“Cone Beam Computed Tomography” OR “Cone-Beam Computed Tomography” OR “Cone Beam CT” OR CBCT) AND (“Age Determination” OR “Age Assessment” OR “Age estimation”) AND (dental or dentition or tooth or teeth))	71
Open Access Theses and Dissertation	“dental age estimation” OR “age determination” OR “age assessment” OR “age estimation” AND “cone-beam computed tomography” OR “CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY” OR “CONE BEAM CT” OR CBCT	2

Boolean operator [Mesh] indicates that the keyword needs to be pulled from MeSH and all its derivatives.

Boolean operator asterisk, or wildcard truncation, (*) indicates that the search results may be displayed if the previous query requirement was met (i.e., "age estima*" requesting a search within age estimation or age estimative)