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Table 1 Search strategy

From: Influence of orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances on enamel color: a systematic review

1.

exp Enamel Colour/

2.

“enamel clour”.mp.

3.

enamel clour or enamel color.mp.

4.

“adhensive”.mp.

5.

(conventional acid-etching adj3 adhensive) or (conventional acid etching adj3 adhensive) or (self-etching primers adj3 adhensive) or (self etching primers adj3 adhensive).mp.

6.

“clean-up procedures” or “clean up procedures”.mp.

7.

Or/1-6

The above subject search was linked to the Cochrane Highly Sensitive Search Strategy (CHSSS) for identifying randomized trials in MEDLINE: sensitivity maximising version (2008 revision) as referenced in Chapter 6.4.11.1 and detailed in box 6.4.c of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions, Version 5.1.0 [updated March 2011]:

1.

randomized controlled trial.pt

2.

controlled clinical trial.pt.

3.

randomized.ab

4.

placebo.ab.

5.

drug therapy.fs.

6.

randomly.ab.

7.

trial.ab.

8.

groups.ab.

9.

or/1-8

10.

exp animals/not humans.sh.

11.

9 not 10