• Fahd A Aljarbou, Sundus M Bukhary, Abdullah U Althemery, and Abdullah S Alqedairi.
• Fahd A Aljarbou, BDS, MS. Associate Professor, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Endodontics, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia.
• Pak J Med Sci. 2021 Mar 1; 37 (2): 503-509.

ObjectivesTo investigate the clinical dental students' knowledge on the proper dental setting during COVID-19.MethodsUsing multicenter cross-sectional study, a 10-items questionnaire was distributed in April 2020 among senior dental students from two dental schools. It comprised three main domains: demographic questions, questions investigating student's access to the proper recommendations of dental settings during COVID-19 and the specific recommendations questions.ResultsThe questionnaire was sent to 654 clinical dental students and the total number of respondents were 267 representing a response rate of 40.83%. The overall knowledge mean was low (1±0.92). Gender was not a statistically significant factor affecting the knowledge score (P > 0.05). Most of the participants never visited the Saudi Center for Disease Prevention and Control (Saudi CDC) website and received no guidance or advice regarding proper dental practices during COVID-19. A statistically significant relationship was observed between the mean knowledge score and access to knowledge variables (P < 0.05).ConclusionIt was noted that clinical dental students have low knowledge on the proper dental settings during COVID-19 pandemic that was recommended by the Saudi CDC guidelines and they must be equipped with adequate knowledge from reliable sources to overcome their insufficiencies such as a well-structured and dynamic curriculum.Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences.

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