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Children\u2019s dmft\/DMFT scores, age and gender were evaluated in relation to the parents\u2019 perception of their child\u2019s anxiety levels. For statistical evaluation, Kruskal\u2013Wallis and Wilcoxon tests as well as Spearman\u2019s correlation coefficient (Spearman) were used. The significance level was set at 0.05. There were no significant differences regarding children\u2019s mCFSS-DS between the three centers (p = 0.398, Kruskal\u2013Wallis). The parents\u2019 mCFSS-DS scores correlated significantly with their children\u2019s mCFSS-DS scores (p = 0.004, Spearman). However, the mean mCFSS-DS score of the children was significantly higher than the mean score of parents\u2019 perception of their child\u2019s anxiety (p = 0.000, Wilcoxon). The age of the child had an influence on the mCFSS-DS score (p = 0.02, Kruskal\u2013Wallis) but neither the children\u2019s gender (p = 0.170, Kruskal\u2013Wallis), nor the dmft\/DMFT showed an impact (p &lt; 0.725, Spearman). 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