Predicting dental anxiety in young adults: classical statistical modelling approach versus machine learning approach.

"Declarations Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Ethics approval and consent to participateApproval for the conduct and collection of the data for this study was obtained from Western Illinois University Institutional Review Board. All components and procedures of the study were conducted in accordance with the guidelines and regulations of the Western Illinois University Institutional Review Board. Informed consent was obtained from all subjects and their legal guardian(s) before responding to the questionnaires. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This research was supported by Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry and the Cary Kleinman Oral Health Sciences Research Fund."