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Dental fear was assessed using the 17-item Modified Children\u2019s Fear Survey Schedule\u2013Dental Subscale, and child\u2013parent relationship quality was evaluated using the 30-item Child\u2013Parent Relationship Scale. Closeness, conflict, and dependency were analyzed as domain scores. Of 300 available records, 299 met the eligibility criteria for the primary analysis.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Statistical Analysis Used:<\/jats:title>\n \n Descriptive statistics, Cronbach\u2019s alpha, Spearman\u2019s rank correlation, Mann\u2013Whitney\n U<\/jats:italic>\n -test, and multiple linear regression were applied. Statistical significance was set at\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.05.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n The mean dental fear score was 33.61 \u00b1 7.30. Tooth extraction, syringe-related procedures, and drilling produced the highest fear scores. Closeness (\n r<\/jats:italic>\n s<\/jats:sub>\n = \u22120.036,\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.534), conflict (\n r<\/jats:italic>\n s<\/jats:sub>\n =0.065,\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.260), and dependency (\n r<\/jats:italic>\n s<\/jats:sub>\n = \u22120.004,\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.940) were not significantly associated with dental fear. Age and sex were also not associated with dental fear, and adjusted analysis yielded comparable findings.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n Dental fear was more closely related to procedure-specific concerns than to the child\u2013parent relationship domains assessed in this study. 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