From: The relationship of dental caries and dental fear in Malaysian adolescents: a latent variable approach
Latent factors
Dental caries disease and treatment experience
Dental fear
Indicator variables
Decayed teeth (DT)
0.532
Missing teeth (MT)
0.526
Filled teeth (FT)
0.528
Avoidance of dental treatment
0.746
Somatic symptoms
0.747
Dental stimuli
0.596