Table 1: Advanced search history sorted by search number descending to be used in Medline via OVID search engine†.

Sr. No. Searches
1 (longitudinal or vertical).mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, floating sub-heading word, keyword heading word, organism supplementary concept word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]
2 root.mp.
3 exp “TOOTH ROOT”/
4 fracture*.mp.
5 *Tooth Fractures/
6 1 and (2 or 3) and 4
7 1 and 5
8 6 or 7
9 exp Cone-Beam Computed Tomography/
10 cbct.mp.
11 volume*.mp.
12 cone-beam.mp.
13 x-ray*.mp.
14 *X-Rays/
15 13 or 14
16 tomograph*.mp.
17 *TOMOGRAPHY/
18 16 or 17
19 scan.mp.
20 CAT.mp.
21 CT.mp.
22 comput*.mp.
23 11 or 12 or 15
24 18 or 19
25 20 or 21 or 22
26 23 and 24
27 23 and 25
28 24 and 25
29 26 or 27 or 28
30 (ability or accuracy or accurateness or capability or certainty or competence or competency or efficacy or efficiency or exactitude or exactness or performance or preciseness or sureness or truthfulness or veracity).mp.
31 exp DIAGNOSIS/
32 diagnos*.mp.
33 31 or 32
34 (analysis or assessment or appraisal or appraisement or detection or evaluation or examination or identification or interpretation).mp.
35 33 or 34
36 30 and 35
37 exp Meta-analysis as topic/
38 exp Meta-Analysis/
39 meta-analy*.mp.
40 metaanaly*.mp.
41 (integrative research or research integration).mp.
42 exp “REVIEW”/
43 systematic review*.mp.
44 overview*.mp.
45 (meta-review* or meta-overview* or meta-synthes* or technology assessment* or HTA or HTAs).mp.
46 exp Technology assessment, biomedical/
47 37 or 38 or 39 or 40 or 41 or 42 or 43 or 44 or 45 or 46
48 8 and 29 and 36
49 8 and 29 and 36 and 47

† Ovid MEDLINE(R) and Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Daily and Versions(R), from 1946 to date of search.