Searching effectively for the evidence: Generating search terms (part 2)

Module index

Learn how to turn a clinical question into an effective search strategy to find high quality evidence, particularly in databases.

1. Identifying search terms

1.4. Generating search terms (part 2)

This is an example of what your search terms might be.

There's no right or wrong answers here and you may have come up with different or better terms. For example, for the fluoride compnent of your search you may have chosen to include specific fluoride treatments, or you might just want to search for fluoride in general. Once you actually start searching you might want to change some of your search terms. For example, if you don't find much concerning primary teeth you might choose to just search for children, or perhaps remove that component from your search all together.