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Methods: Data on 93 individuals aged 7\u201312 years were collected using clinical examination and Arabic-validated questionnaires: the Child Oral Health Impact Profile-Short Form (COHIP-SF19), and the Children\u2019s Fear Survey Schedule\u2014Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS). Negative binomial regression analysis was performed to study the association between children\u2019s fear and parental dental fear as well as the OHRQoL, while adjusting for certain confounders. Results: Overall, our multivariate analyses showed that children with high dental fear (CFSS-DS \u2265 38, p = 0.027) and a higher percentage of dental caries (p = 0.013) had a significantly lower OHRQoL after adjusting for clinical and socio-demographic factors. Further, parental fear of dentists was significantly associated with children\u2019s fear of dentists (p &lt; 0.001). Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate that children\u2019s fear and dental caries are both associated with poorer OHRQoL. 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