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Table 1 Medline Ovid search strategy

From: The oral health of refugees and asylum seekers: a scoping review

1

exp Oral Health//

2.

exp Dentistry/

3.

exp Periodontal Diseases/

4.

exp Tooth Diseases/ 5. or/1–4/

6.

exp “Emigrants and Immigrants/

7.

exp Refugees/

8.

immigrant*.ti,ab./ 9. or/6–8/

10.

exp North America/

11.

exp Europe/ 12. 10 or 11/

13.

5 and 9 and 12/

14.

exp Africa/

15.

african*.ti,ab./ 16. 14 or 15/

17.

13 and 16/

18.

dental health.ti,ab./

19.

dental care.ti,ab./

20.

oral health.ti,ab./ 21. 5 or 18 or 19 or 20/

22.

exp “Emigration and Immigration”/

23.

immigrat*.ti,ab./

24.

refugee*.ti,ab./ 25. 9 or 23 or 24/

26.

16 and 21 and 25/

27.

from 17 keep 18/

28.

from 26 keep 2,8,13–14,16,19,24–25,30,34