Oral galvanism related to dental implants

Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Table 1 Search term strategy of this study

Database name	Date of search	Searching string	Results
Scopus	24th, December, 2022	( ( "galvanic current" OR "galvanism" OR "galvanic corrosion" OR "oral galvanism" OR “electrogalvanic”) AND ( "oral" OR "dental") AND ( "implant" OR "saliva"))	95
PubMed	20th, December, 2022	((((("galvanic current"[All Fields] OR "galvanism"[All Fields]) OR "galvanic corrosion"[All Fields]) OR "oral galvanism"[All Fields]) OR "electrogalvanic"[All Fields]) AND ("oral"[All Fields] OR "dental"[All Fields])) AND (("implant"[All Fields] OR "saliva"[All Fields]) OR "alloy"[All Fields])	70
Embase	22th, December, 2022	('galvanic current'/exp OR 'galvanic current' OR galvanism* OR 'galvanic corrosion' OR 'electrogalvanic') AND (oral* OR dental) AND (implant OR saliva*)	67
Google Scholar	24th, December, 2022	( ( "galvanic current" OR "galvanism" OR "galvanic corrosion" OR "oral galvanism" OR “electrogalvanic”) AND ( "oral" OR "dental") AND ( "implant" OR "saliva"))	First 80 results^*
Hand searching	24th, December, 2022	Reference lists of the included papers and review articles	31
Total			343

^*A 4.140 results were produced from this search string, however; only the first 80 results from the Google Scholar database were considered and reviewed