Assessment of dental anxiety and dental phobia among adults in Lebanon

BMC Oral Health

Table 4 Exploratory factor analysis of the MDAS Scale (n = 225)

MDAS-A item	Communality
Visit tomorrow	0.800
Waiting room	0.765
Use of drill	0.777
Scale and polish	0.574
Injection	0.611
Eigenvalue	3.53
Percentage of explained variance	70.55

n frequency, Extraction method: principal component analysis; Rotation method: Varimax with Kaiser normalization

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