Objectives. To provide an overview of the literature investigating dental fear in children during the past ten years and to review factors of child dental fear. Methods. The literature was systematically retrieved from an electronic database. The thirty four literatures which were written about the fear of dentistry, psychology and behavior during dental treatment were chosen. Results. The terms of fear being used were “Shika-kyoufu”, “Dental fear”, etc. However, the terms were not defined in any literature. The fear of dentistry, psychology and behavior during dental treatment were assessed according to psychological, behavioral and physiological scales. The ten factors of dental fear were extracted. Conclusions. This review confirmed the factors of dental fear were age, sex and parents, etc. In the future, the research should be focus on the relationship between nurture of children and child dental fear. Category 2: Quality of Life