| DFA | Dental fear and anxiety |
| VAS | Visual Analog Scale |
| C-DAS | Corah Dental Anxiety Scale |
| MDAS | Modified Dental Anxiety Scale |
| MCDAS | Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale |
| MCDASf | Faces version of the Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale |
| VPS | Venham Picture Scale |
| CFSS-DS | Children’s Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale |
| DFSS-SF | Dental Fear Schedule Subscale-Short Form |
| SFP | Smiley Faces Program |
| SFP-R | Revised Smiley Faces Program |
| FIS | Facial Image Scale |
| ACDAS | Abeer Children’s Dental Anxiety Scale |
| CEDAM | Children’s Experiences of Dental Anxiety Measure |
| CEDAM-8 | Shortened Children’s Experiences of Dental Anxiety Measure |
| VCARS | Venham’s Clinical Anxiety Rating Scale |
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