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Cross-sectional secondary analysis used data from the multidisciplinary FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study. Child dental fear was assessed at age 5 with the Finnish translation of the modified Children\u2019s Fear Survey Schedule Dental Subscale (CFSS-M) by both fathers (n = 588) and mothers (n = 1100). Reply alternatives were from 1 = not afraid to 5 = very afraid and 6 = no experience coded as missing and 1. In total, 514 mother\u2013father pairs were eligible for the analyses. Descriptive statistics, percentage agreement and Cohen\u2019s Kappa coefficients were used in the analyses. The concordance of parents\u2019 assessments was poor (Kappa range 0.072\u20130.258). The majority of parents replied \u201cNo Experience\u201d to items related to invasive treatment or being unable to breathe. Thus, coding of this reply alternative had a significant impact on the mean values of the child\u2019s fear. 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