Table 1 Details of the search strategy used in the databases Pubmed Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, Scielo e Cochrane

PubMed/Medline

(“dentition status”) OR “functional dentition”) OR “inadequate dentition”) OR “adequate dentition”) OR “shortened dental arch”) OR “shortened dental arches”) OR “occluding pairs”) OR “occlusal pairs”) OR “functional tooth units”) OR “20 + teeth”) OR “21 teeth”) OR “20 teeth”) OR “number of teeth”) OR “natural teeth”) OR “number of natural teeth”) OR “intact natural dentition”) OR “teeth occlusion”) OR “hierarchical system”) OR “reduced dentitions”

Filters activated: Humans, Adult: 19+ years, Adult: 19–44 years, Aged: 65+ years, Middle Aged + Aged: 45+ years, Middle Aged: 45–64 years, 80 and over: 80+ years, Young Adult: 19–24 years, Adolescent: 13–18 years.

Web of Science

(TS = (“dentition status”) OR TS = (“functional dentition”) OR TS = (“inadequate dentition”) OR TS = (“adequate dentition”) OR TS = (“shortened dental arch”) OR TS = (“shortened dental arches”) OR TS = (“occluding pairs”) OR TS = (“occlusal pairs”) OR TS = (“functional tooth units”) OR TS = (“hierarchical system”) OR TS = (“20 + teeth”) OR TS = (“21 teeth”) OR TS = (“20 teeth”) OR TS = (“number of teeth”) OR TS = (“natural teeth”) OR TS = (“number of natural teeth”) OR TS = (“intact natural dentition”) OR TS = (“teeth occlusion”) OR TS = (“reduced dentitions”)) AND IDIOMA: (English OR Portuguese OR Spanish) AND TIPOS DE DOCUMENTO: (Article OR Proceedings Paper)

Tempo estipulado: Todos os anos. Índices: SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI-S, CPCI-SSH, ESCI.

Scopus

(ALL (“dentition status”) OR ALL (“functional dentition”) OR ALL(“inadequate dentition”) OR ALL (“adequate dentition”) OR ALL (“shortened dental arch”) OR ALL (“shortened dental arches”) OR ALL (“occluding pairs”) OR ALL (“occlusal pairs”) OR ALL (“functional tooth units”) OR ALL (“hierarchical system”) OR ALL (“20 + teeth”) OR ALL (“21 teeth”) OR ALL (“20 teeth”) OR ALL (“number of teeth”) OR ALL (“natural teeth”) OR ALL (“number of natural teeth”) OR ALL (“intact natural dentition”) OR ALL (“teeth occlusion”) OR ALL (“reduced dentitions”) AND ALL (“oral health”) AND (LIMIT-TO(DOCTYPE,"ar”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (SUBJAREA,"DENT”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE, “English”) OR LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE,"Spanish”) OR LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE, “Portuguese”)

Scielo

(“dentition status”) OR (“functional dentition”) OR (“inadequate dentition”) OR (“adequate dentition”) OR (“shortened dental arch”) OR (“shortened dental arches”) OR (“occluding pairs”) OR (“occlusal pairs”) OR (“functional tooth units”) OR (“hierarchical system”) OR (“20 + teeth”) OR (“21 teeth”) OR (“20 teeth”) OR (“number of teeth”) OR (“natural teeth”) OR (“number of natural teeth”) OR (“intact natural dentition”) OR (“teeth occlusion”) OR (“reduced dentitions”)

filtro para idioma: espanhol, inglês e português

Cochrane

(“dentition status”) OR (“functional dentition”) OR (“inadequate dentition”) OR (“adequate dentition”) OR (“shortened dental arch”) OR (“shortened dental arches”) OR (“occluding pairs”) OR (“occlusal pairs”) OR (“functional tooth units”) OR (“hierarchical system”) OR (“20 + teeth”) OR (“21 teeth”) OR (“20 teeth”) OR (“number of teeth”) OR (“natural teeth”) OR (“number of natural teeth”) OR (“intact natural dentition”) OR (“teeth occlusion”) OR (“reduced dentitions”)”