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Table 1 Pubmed search strategy

From: Cleaning efficacy of EDDY versus ultrasonically-activated irrigation in root canals: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Number

Search Strategy

Results

#1

(canal[Title/Abstract]) OR (intracanal[Title/Abstract])

85,738

#2

(irrigation[Title/Abstract]) OR (irrigate[Title/Abstract]) OR (irrigant[Title/Abstract]) OR (activation[Title/Abstract]) OR (activate[Title/Abstract]) OR (activated[Title/Abstract])

1,654,266

#3

(sonic[Title/Abstract]) OR (sonically[Title/Abstract]) OR (EDDY[Title/Abstract])

14,488

#4

(ultrasonic[Title/Abstract]) OR (ultrasonically[Title/Abstract])

59,054

#5

(smear layer[Title/Abstract]) OR (debris[Title/Abstract])

25,486

#6

(bacterial[Title/Abstract]) OR (bacteria[Title/Abstract]) OR (antibacterial[Title/Abstract]) OR (antibiofilm[Title/Abstract]) OR (biofilm[Title/Abstract]) OR (disinfection[Title/Abstract]) OR (microbe[Title/Abstract]) OR (microbial[Title/Abstract]) OR (Enterococcus faecalis[Title/Abstract]) OR (microorganism[Title/Abstract]) OR (microbiology[Title/Abstract]) OR (microbiota[Title/Abstract])

1,135,648

#7

(tissue[Title/Abstract]) OR (mucosa[Title/Abstract]) OR (meat[Title/Abstract]) OR (collagen[Title/Abstract]) OR (gelatin[Title/Abstract]) OR (gum[Title/Abstract]) OR (gel[Title/Abstract]) OR (hydrogel[Title/Abstract])

2,271,777

#8

#5 OR #6 OR #7

3,317,882

#9

(#1) AND (#2) AND (#3) AND (#4) AND (#8)

86

#10

(#1) AND (#2) AND (#3) AND (#4) AND (#8) Filters: from 2015—2023

62