Evaluation of the knowledge and awareness levels of Iranian dental students on COVID-19 during its pandemic

In 2019, an emerging virus from the coronavirus family called COVID-19 spread in the city of Wuhan and quickly became a global pandemic and dangerous situation. Dental students, as members of the medical community, are at the forefront of the virus. This study was conducted to assess the level of awareness of Alborz dental students about this virus and how to prevent it and understand their risk. This study was conducted among Dental students in the Alborz University of Medical Sciences for measuring the level of student?s awareness about the COVID-19 virus and understanding its risk with an online questionnaire. The questionnaire was developed in four sections: personal information, risk perception, awareness, and prevention methods. Results show that more than 90% of dental students had high and moderate knowledge about the COVID-19 virus. Awareness of contraceptive methods was very high and acceptable in 49% of students. About 96% of students considered the current crisis to be very serious and had a very high-risk perception. Finally, there was a significant relationship between knowledge and information about prevention methods (P <0.05).