Table 1.
Summary of search terms used for literature extraction and number of hits in database.
| SEARCH STATEGY | No.Articles | Article In hit | Article selected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Scholar | |||
| Gingival unit transfer | 29,100 | 7 | 3 |
| gingival unit transfer and free gingival graft | 17,800 | 7 | 3 |
| Scopus | |||
| Gingival AND unit AND transfer AND free AND Gingival AND graft | 2 | 2 | |
| PubMed | |||
| ("Gingival unit transfer) OR (gingival unit graft) OR (GUT)OR (GUG"))AND free gingival graft [All Fields] OR non submerged graft [All Fields] OR free [All Fields] AND ("gingiva" [mesh Terms] OR "gingiva" [All Fields] OR "gingival" [All Fields]) AND ("transplants" [mesh Terms] OR "transplants" [All Fields] OR "graft" [All Fields])AND ("Gingival Recession" [Mesh]) AND "Gingival Recession" [Majr] | 33 | 3 | 2 |
| (("Gingival unit transfer) OR (gingival unit graft) OR (GUT)OR (GUG"))AND free gingival graft [All Fields] OR non submerged graft [All Fields] OR free [All Fields] AND ("gingiva" [mesh Terms] OR "gingiva" [All Fields] OR "gingival" [All Fields]) AND ("transplants" [mesh Terms] OR "transplants" [All Fields] OR "graft" [All Fields])AND ("Gingival Recession" [Mesh]) AND "Gingival Recession" [Majr] | |||
| ((“Gingival unit transfer) OR (gingival unit graft) OR (GUT)OR (GUG”))AND free gingival graft [All Fields] OR non submerged graft [All Fields] OR free [All Fields] AND ("gingiva" [mesh Terms] OR "gingiva" [All Fields] OR "gingival" [All Fields]) AND ("transplants" [mesh Terms] OR "transplants" [All Fields] OR "graft" [All Fields])AND (("Gingival Recession" [Mesh]) AND "Gingival Recession" [Majr]) AND "Gingival Recession" [Mesh:noexp] | |||
| [(“Gingival unit transfer”) AND (“free gingival graft”)AND (“gingival recession”)AND (“vertical recession” OR “keratinized tissue width” OR “clinical attachment level” OR “probing depth” OR “recession width” OR “aesthetic visual analogue”)] | |||
| ((“Gingival unit transfer”)AND (“Free gingival graft”)AND (“gingival recession”)) | |||
| ((“Gingival unit graft”) AND (“Free gingival graft”) AND (“gingival atrophy”)) | |||
| ((“Gingival unit transfer”) AND (“non submerged graft”)AND (“gingival recession”)) | |||
| ((“Gingival unit graft”) AND (“non submerged graft”) AND (“gingival atrophy”)) | |||