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Psychometric Evaluation of the Turkish Version of the Dental Fear Survey.

International dental journal · Oluş F, Babun H · 2026-08-01

Researchers translated and evaluated the Dental Fear Survey in Turkish, finding it had strong internal consistency, test-retest reliability and correlation with another anxiety measure, though its three-factor structure requires cautious interpretation.

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