The Role of Mandibular Third Molars on Lower Anterior Teeth Crowding and Relapse after Orthodontic Treatment: A Systematic Review
Table 1
Literature review search flow chart.
Steps
Key words
Selections
1
“third molar” [MeSH] OR “third molar” [Text Word] OR “third molars” [MeSH] OR “third molars” [Text Word] OR “wisdom tooth” [MeSH] OR “wisdom tooth” [Text Word] OR “wisdom teeth” [MeSH] OR “wisdom teeth” [Text Word]
8176
2
“relapse” [MeSH] OR “relapse” [Text Word] OR “anterior crowding” [MeSH] OR “anterior crowding” [Text Word] OR “alignment” [MeSH] OR “alignment” [Text Word] OR “post retention” [MeSH] OR “post retention” [Text Word] OR “incisor relapse” [MeSH] OR “incisor relapse” [Text Word] OR “incisor crowding” [MeSH] OR “incisor crowding” [Text Word] OR “anterior post retention” [MeSH] OR “anterior post retention” [Text Word]
327628
3
Combining 1 and 2
117
4
3 limited to English and human
96
5
4 title and abstract based selection (topic, original studies)