Table 1 Search strategy for literature

SCOPUS

(TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Autism Spectrum Disorder") OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (ASD) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (autism) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ("Autistic Disorder")) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY (child*) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY (dental) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY (management) AND ( LIMIT-TO (PUBSTAGE, "final")) AND (LIMIT-TO (DOCTYPE, "ar")) AND (LIMIT-TO ( LANGUAGE, "English"))

Language: English Document: Articles

Stage: Final

Web of Science

[TS = (child*) AND TS = ("Autism Spectrum Disorder" OR ASD OR autism OR "Asperger syndrome") AND TS = (management) AND TS = (dental)]

Language: English

Timespan: All years

Indexes: SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI-S, CPCI-SSH, BKCI-S, BKCISSH, ESCI

PubMed

(management) AND (child*) AND ("Autism Spectrum Disorder" OR ASD OR autism OR "Asperger syndrome") AND (dental)

Language: English

Full text

Cochrane

(management) AND (child*) AND ("Autism Spectrum Disorder" OR ASD OR autism OR "Asperger syndrome") AND (dental)

Language: English