Table 1 Search strategy for each search engine

PubMed

("antiretroviral therap*"[Title/Abstract] OR"antiretroviral therapy, highly active"[MeSH Terms] OR"HAART"[Title/Abstract] AND ("Dental Caries"[MeSH Terms] OR"Dental Caries Susceptibility"[MeSH Terms] OR"Root Caries"[MeSH Terms] OR ("dent*"[Title/Abstract] AND"cari*"[Title/Abstract]) OR"Decay"[Title/Abstract] OR"caries"[Title/Abstract] OR"tooth decay"[Title/Abstract] OR"carious lesion*"[Title/Abstract] OR"dental cavit*"[Title/Abstract] OR"carious dentin*"[Title/Abstract])

393

CENTRAL

#1

MeSH descriptor: [Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active] explode all trees

1630

#2

(antiretroviral therap*):ti,ab,kw

9655

#3

(HAART):ti,ab,kw

1322

#4

MeSH descriptor: [Dental Caries] explode all trees

3727

#5

MeSH descriptor: [Dental Caries Susceptibility] explode all trees

276

#6

MeSH descriptor: [Root Caries] explode all trees

120

#7

(dent* AND cari*):ti,ab,kw

9157

#8

("decay"):ti,ab,kw

1791

#9

("caries"):ti,ab,kw

9261

#10

(tooth decay):ti,ab,kw

603

#11

(carious lesion*):ti,ab,kw

1824

#12

(dental cavit*):ti,ab,kw

4477

#13

(carious dentin*):ti,ab,kw

1028

#14

#1 OR #2 OR #3

9964

#15

#4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8 OR #9 OR #10 OR #11 OR #12 OR #13

14322

Final

#14 AND #15

80

Scopus

(INDEXTERMS("antiretroviral therapy, highly active") OR TITLE-ABS("antiretroviral therap*") OR TITLE-ABS(HAART)) AND (INDEXTERMS("Dental Caries") OR INDEXTERMS("Dental Caries Susceptibility") OR INDEXTERMS("Root Caries") OR (TITLE-ABS(dent*) AND TITLE-ABS(cari*)) OR TITLE-ABS(Decay) OR TITLE-ABS(caries) OR TITLE-ABS("tooth decay") OR TITLE-ABS("carious lesion*") OR TITLE-ABS("dental cavit*") OR TITLE-ABS("carious dentin*"))

396

Embase

('antiretroviral therapy, highly active'/exp OR'antiretroviral therap*':ti,ab OR HAART:ti,ab) AND ('Dental Caries'/exp OR'Dental Caries Susceptibility'/exp OR'Root Caries'/exp OR (dent*:ti,ab AND cari*:ti,ab) OR Decay:ti,ab OR caries:ti,ab OR'tooth decay':ti,ab OR'carious lesion*':ti,ab OR'dental cavit*':ti,ab OR'carious dentin*':ti,ab)

501

LILACS

(antiretroviral therapy, highly active) AND (dental caries)

4

LILACS (Expanded)

("Antiretroviral Therapy") OR ("Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy") OR (HAART) OR ("antiretroviral therapy") OR ("antiretroviral treatment") AND ("Dental Caries") OR ("Dental Caries Susceptibility") OR ("Root Caries") OR (dent* AND cari*) OR ("caries") OR ("tooth decay") OR ("carious lesion") OR ("dental cavity") OR ("carious dentin") AND db:("LILACS") AND instance:"lilacsplus"

519