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Table 1 Search strategy used for each database with the corresponding results

From: Effect of periodontal therapy on COPD outcomes: a systematic review

Electronic databases

Search strategy

Limits

Hits

Pubmed

(Periodontitis OR periodontal disease OR gum disease OR periodontal health OR periodontal therapy OR periodontal treatment OR root scaling OR periodontal debridement OR root planing OR oral hygiene) AND (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease OR chronic bronchitis OR emphysema OR COPD)

Publication Date 01/01/2000–31/03/2020

English language

Human species

185

Scopus

(Periodontitis OR periodontal disease OR gum disease OR periodontal health OR periodontal therapy OR periodontal treatment OR root scaling OR periodontal debridement OR root planing OR oral hygiene) AND (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease OR chronic bronchitis OR emphysema OR COPD)

Year 2000–2020

English language

55

Virtual Health Library

(Periodontitis OR periodontal disease OR gum disease OR periodontal health OR periodontal therapy OR periodontal treatment OR root scaling OR periodontal debridement OR root planing OR oral hygiene) AND (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease OR chronic bronchitis OR emphysema OR COPD)

Year 2000–2020

English Language

252

ScienceDirect

("Periodontitis" OR "periodontal disease" OR "periodontal therapy" OR "periodontal treatment" OR "root scaling" OR "periodontal debridement" OR "root planing" OR "oral hygiene") AND ("chronic obstructive pulmonary disease")

Year 2000–2020

Article types Research articles

386

Wiley Online Library

(Periodontitis OR periodontal disease OR gum disease OR periodontal health OR periodontal therapy OR periodontal treatment OR root scaling OR periodontal debridement OR root planing OR oral hygiene) AND (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease OR chronic bronchitis OR emphysema OR COPD)

Publication date 01/2000–03/2020

Publication type Journals

213

Web of Science

(Periodontitis OR periodontal disease OR gum disease OR periodontal health OR periodontal therapy OR periodontal treatment OR root scaling OR periodontal debridement OR root planing OR oral hygiene) AND (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease OR chronic bronchitis OR emphysema OR COPD)

Publication Years 2000–2020

Document Types Article

Language English

161

Proquest Dissertation and Theses Global

(Periodontitis OR periodontal disease OR gum disease OR periodontal health OR periodontal therapy OR periodontal treatment OR root scaling OR periodontal debridement OR root planing OR oral hygiene) AND (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease OR chronic bronchitis OR emphysema OR COPD)

Publication Date 01/01/2020–31/03/20

Limit to Title and Abstract

English Language

124

Google Scholar

("Periodontitis" OR "periodontal disease" OR "periodontal health" OR "periodontal therapy" OR "periodontal treatment" OR "root scaling" OR "root planing" OR "oral hygiene") AND ("COPD" OR "chronic obstructive pulmonary disease")

Limit to Title

English language

Publication Date 2000–2020

66