The Prevalence of Root Sensitivity following Periodontal Therapy: A Systematic Review

Table 1

Characteristics of excluded studies (reasons for exclusion).

Excluded studies	Reasons for exclusion
Haugen and Johansen [25]	(1) Single case report, (2) unreported baseline data, (3) unreported method assessing DH/RS, and; (4) SEM study
Sim and Han [26]	Unreported baseline data; abstract only
Matthews and McCulloch [27]	Included participants under 18 years old
Kontturi-Närhi [10]	Not all participants in clinical test study were reported having periodontal treatment
Kiyonobu et al. [28]	Unreported baseline data; abstract only
Chabanski [11]	Unreported baseline data
Zetterström [29]	Unreported baseline data; unreported method assessing DH/RS
Kontturi-Närhi and Närhi [30]	Unreported baseline data; abstract only
Tamminen et al. [31]	Abstract only
Gillam et al. [32]	Unreported baseline data
Heard et al. [33]	Unreported baseline data
Gillam et al. [23]	Unreported baseline data
Clayton et al. [34]	Unreported baseline data
Fardal et al. [35]	Unreported method assessing DH/RS
von Troil et al. [8]	Systematic review
Wolff et al. [36]	Abstract only
Froum et al. [37]	Unreported baseline data
Tonetti et al. [14]	Unreported baseline data
Al-Hamdan [38]	Unreported baseline data