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Table 1 Employed search terms and limits

From: Clinical efficacy and the antimicrobial potential of silver formulations in arresting dental caries: a systematic review

Search strategy for systematic review of literature on the antimicrobial potential of silver-containing formulations (SDF, SDF/KI, Nano-silver, AgNO3)

 

Search history

Search# 1

KEY WORDS: (SDF and SDF/KI and AgNO3)

(Jan 2009-May 2019)

Cochrane Library

Silver diamine fluoride AND antimicrobial AND AgNO3 AND dental caries AND silver nitrate OR caries arrest

Pub med via OVID

Silver diamine fluoride AND antimicrobial AND antibacterial AND dental caries OR dentine/dentin caries

Silver diamine fluoride AND SDF AND SDF/KI antibacterial AND antimicrobial AND human dentine/dentin AND caries

Silver diamine fluoride AND microbicidal/biocidal AND caries infected dentine AND caries affected dentine

Silver diamine fluoride AND SDF/SDF/KI AND primary OR permanent teeth/dentition

Silver diamine fluoride AND SDF/SDF/KI AND in vitro/in vivo/ex vivo OR clinical AND chemotherapeutic

Silver diamine fluoride AND SDF/SDF/KI AND cariogenic AND microbes/bacteria AND caries arrest

SDF AND SDF/KI AND dental caries AND dentine/dentin OR caries AND cavity/lesions

EBSCO host and Web of Science

Silver diamine fluoride AND microbicidal/biocidal AND caries infected dentine AND caries affected dentine

Silver diamine fluoride AND SDF/SDF/KI AND primary AND permanent teeth/dentition

Silver diamine fluoride AND SDF/SDF/KI AND in vitro/in vivo/ex vivo OR clinical AND chemotherapeutic

Silver diamine fluoride AND SDF/SDF/KI OR cariogenic AND microbes/bacteria AND caries arrest

Search# 2

KEY WORDS: (nanosilver, AgNPs, AgNO3)

(Jan 2009-May 2019)

Pub med via OVID

AgNPs AND silver nanoparticles AND caries infected/affected dentine AND dental caries

Nanosilver AND AgNPs AND antimicrobial AND antibacterial AND dentine/dentin caries OR microbicidal/biocidal

Nanosilver AND AgNPs AND silver nanoparticles AND human dentine/dentin AND caries

Nanosilver AND AgNPs AND dental caries AND dentine/dentin OR caries AND cavity/lesions

Nanosilver AND AgNPs AND silver nanoparticles AND AgNO3 AND primary AND permanent teeth/dentition

Nanosilver AND AgNPs AND silver nanoparticles AND silver nitrate AND in vitro/in vivo/ex vivo OR clinical AND chemotherapeutic

Nanosilver AND AgNPs AND silver nanoparticles AND cariogenic OR microbes/bacteria AND caries arrest

EBSCO host and Web of Science

Nanosilver AND AgNPs AND silver nanoparticles AND human dentine/dentin AND caries

Nanosilver AND AgNPs AND dental caries AND dentine/dentin OR caries AND cavity/lesions

Nanosilver AND AgNPs OR silver nanoparticles AND AgNO3 AND primary AND permanent teeth/dentition

Nanosilver AND AgNPs AND silver nanoparticles OR silver nitrate AND in vitro/in vivo/ex vivo AND clinical AND chemotherapeutic

AgNPs AND silver nanoparticles AND caries infected/affected dentine OR dental caries