Arash Shahravan - Ph.D. of Endodontics, Associate Professor, Endodontology Center, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Mehrnaz Karimi-Afshar - Dentist, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Molouk Torabi - Ph.D. in Oral Pathology, Associate Professor, Dental and Oral Diseases Research Center, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Sina Safari - Ph.D. in Prosthodontics, Assistant Professor, Dental and Oral Diseases Research Center, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Background & Objective: Dentistry has been widely acknowledged as being associated with high levels of stress This stress originates in the process of dental education The aim of the present study was to evaluate dental environment stress (DES) in students of the School of Dentistry of Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran Methods: This crosssectional study was conducted on ۱۶۵ students Data were collected using the Dental Environment Stress Questionnaire (consisting of ۳۲ items in ۶ scales) and demographic information questionnaire Data were analyzed in SPSS software using ttest and ANOVA Pvalue was considered at ۵% Results: Of the ۱۶۵ respondents ۵۳۳% were women and ۷۸۲% were single Their mean age was ۲۳۶۳ ± ۲۹۴ years and mean score was ۱۶۰۵ ± ۱۱۰ The mean of DES score was ۸۲۶۰ ± ۱۴۵۳ out of a total of ۱۲۸ In academic factors fear of exam and failure of the course were the most important stressors There was a statistically significant association between mean DES score and gender There was no statistically significant association between mean DES score and marriage status student`s work and priority of field selection Conclusion: The results of the present study were similar to that of previous studies They showed the existence of DES Academic factors were one of the most important stressors

Dental environment, Stress, Students, Kerman (Iran)