Table 1 Search strategy for each electronic database

PubMed

((((Child, Preschool [mh] OR Child Preschool [tiab] OR Pediatric [tiab] OR Paediatric [tiab] OR Infant [mh] OR Infant* [tiab]) AND (Dental care [mh] OR Dental care [tiab] OR Dental treatment [tiab]) AND (Dental Caries [mh] OR Dental Decay [tiab] OR Dentins Carious [tiab] OR White Spots [tiab] OR White Spot [tiab] OR White Spot Dental [tiab] OR Early childhood caries [tiab] OR ECC [tiab] OR Tooth decay [tiab] OR Carious lesion [tiab])))) AND ((((Clinical pathway[mh] OR Clinical protocol[mh] OR Consensus[mh] OR Consensus development conferences as topic[mh] OR Critical pathways[mh] OR Guidelines as topic [Mesh:NoExp] OR Practice guidelines as topic[mh] OR Health planning guidelines[mh] OR guideline[pt] OR practice guideline[pt] OR consensus development conference[pt] OR consensus development conference, NIH[pt] OR position statement*[tiab] OR policy statement*[tiab] OR practice parameter*[tiab] OR best practice*[tiab] OR standards[ti] OR guideline[ti] OR guidelines[ti] OR ((practice[tiab] OR treatment*[tiab]) AND guideline*[tiab]) OR CPG[tiab] OR CPGs[tiab] OR consensus*[tiab] OR ((critical[tiab] OR clinical[tiab] OR practice[tiab]) AND (path[tiab] OR paths[tiab] OR pathway[tiab] OR pathways[tiab] OR protocol*[tiab])) OR recommendat*[ti] OR (care[tiab] AND (standard[tiab] OR path[tiab] OR paths[tiab] OR pathway[tiab] OR pathways[tiab] OR map[tiab] OR maps[tiab] OR plan[tiab] OR plans[tiab])) OR (algorithm*[tiab] AND (screening[tiab] OR examination[tiab] OR test[tiab] OR tested[tiab] OR testing[tiab] OR assessment*[tiab] OR diagnosis[tiab] OR diagnoses[tiab] OR diagnosed[tiab] OR diagnosing[tiab])) OR (algorithm*[tiab] AND (pharmacotherap*[tiab] OR chemotherap*[tiab] OR chemotreatment*[tiab] OR therap*[tiab] OR treatment*[tiab] OR intervention*[tiab]))))

Scopus

#1 TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Child Preschool”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (Pediatric) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (Paediatric) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (Infant*)

#2 TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Dental care”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Dental treatment”)

#3 TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Dental Caries”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Dental Decay”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Dentins Carious”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“White Spots”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“White Spot”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“White Spot Dental”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Early childhood caries”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (ECC) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Tooth decay”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Carious lesion”)

#4 TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Clinical pathway”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Clinical protocol”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (Consensus) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Consensus development conferences as topic”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Critical pathways”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Guidelines as topic”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Practice guidelines as topic”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Health planning guidelines”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (guideline) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“practice guideline”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“consensus development conference”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“consensus development conference, NIH”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“position statement*”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“policy statement*”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“practice parameter*”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“best practice*”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (standards) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (guideline) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (guidelines) OR ((TITLE-ABS-KEY (practice) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (treatment*)) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY (guideline*)) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (CPG) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (CPGs) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (consensus*) OR ((TITLE-ABS-KEY (critical) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (clinical) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (practice)) AND (TITLE-ABS-KEY (path) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (paths) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (pathway) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (pathways) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (protocol*))) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (recommendat*) OR (TITLE-ABS-KEY (care) AND (TITLE-ABS-KEY (standard) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (path) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (paths) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (pathway) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (pathways) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (map) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (maps) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (plan) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (plans))) OR (TITLE-ABS-KEY (algorithm*) AND (TITLE-ABS-KEY (screening) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (examination) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (test) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (tested) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (testing) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (assessment*) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (diagnosis) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (diagnoses) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (diagnosed) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (diagnosing))) OR (TITLE-ABS-KEY (algorithm*) AND (TITLE-ABS-KEY (pharmacotherap*) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (chemotherap*) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (chemotreatment*) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (therap*) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (treatment*) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (intervention*)))

#5 TITLE-ABS-KEY (guideline*) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (practice guideline) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (Clinical Practice Guideline) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (recommendat*)

Cochrane Library

#1 (MeSH descriptor: [Child, Preschool] explode all trees) OR ((Child Preschool):ti,ab,kw) OR ((Pediatric):ti,ab,kw) OR ((Paediatric):ti,ab,kw) OR (MeSH descriptor: [Infant] explode all trees) OR ((Infant*):ti,ab,kw)

#2 (MeSH descriptor: [Dental Care] explode all trees) OR ((“dental care”):ti,ab,kw) OR ((“Dental treatment”):ti,ab,kw)

#3 (MeSH descriptor: [Dental Caries] explode all trees) OR ((“Dental Decay”):ti,ab,kw) OR ((“Dentins Carious”):ti,ab,kw) OR ((“White Spots”):ti,ab,kw) OR ((“White Spot”):ti,ab,kw) OR ((“White Spot Dental”):ti,ab,kw) OR ((“Early childhood caries”):ti,ab,kw) OR ((ECC):ti,ab,kw) OR ((“Tooth decay”):ti,ab,kw) OR ((“Carious lesion”):ti,ab,kw)

Lilacs

dental caries [Words] and guideline [Words]

Embase

((‘dental caries’/exp. OR caries:ab,ti) AND (‘protocol’/exp. OR ‘consensus’/exp. OR ‘guideline’/exp. OR ‘policy’/exp)) AND (‘preschool child’/exp. OR child:ab,ti OR ‘pediatrics’/exp)

The International Guidelines Library

Carie*