Table 2.
Search String for Medline
| Search ID# | Search Terms | Results |
|---|---|---|
| S1 | Oral Health (MeSH) | 18,283 |
| S2 | Oral hygiene (MeSH) | 13,369 |
| S3 | Dental care (MeSH) | 22,022 |
| S4 | (oral ADJ1 (health OR hygiene OR care)) | 53,432 |
| S5 | Dental health services (MeSH) OR Dental caries (MeSH) | 50,988 |
| S6 | (dental ADJ1 (health OR hygiene OR care OR caries* OR service* OR practice* OR procedure*)) | 117,059 |
| S7 | Dentists (MeSH) | 18,712 |
| S8 | Dentist* | 134,295 |
| S9 | 1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 6 OR 7 OR 8 | 240,711 |
| S10 | COVID-19 (MeSH) | 112,182 |
| S11 | “covid 19” | 179,877 |
| S12 | Coronavirus | 107,756 |
| S13 | “sars cov 2” | 117,101 |
| S14 | “2019 ncov” | 1848 |
| S15 | “Severe Acute Respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2” | 18,607 |
| S16 | 10 OR 11 OR 12 OR 13 OR 14 OR 15 | 200,965 |
| S17 | 9 AND 16 | 1325 |
| S18 | Limit 17 to English language | 1294 |
The * refers to the truncation used in the MEDLINE search. The * finds all alternate endings to a word