AIC	Akaike Information Criterion
aOR	Adjusted Odds Ratio
CBT	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
CEU	Linear dichroism
CI	Confidence Interval
CT	Computed Tomography
DA	Dental Anxiety
DAS	Dental Anxiety Scale
DFS	Dental Fear Survey
df`	Degrees of Freedom
GDPR	General Data Protection Regulation
IDAF-4C+	Index of Dental Anxiety and Fear
MDAS	Modified Dental Anxiety Scale
MRI	Magnetic Resonance Imaging
N	Total number of participants
n	Number of observations in subgroup
OHRQoL	Oral Health-Related Quality of Life
OR	Odds Ratio
RCT	Randomized Controlled Trial
SD	Standard Deviation
STAI	State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
VR	Virtual Reality
χ2	Pearson’s Chi-Square Statistic