Parviz Amini - Prosthodontis, Associate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Marzieh Karimi-Afshar - Postgraduate Student, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Molook Torabi-Parizi - Oral Pathologist, Associate Professor, Kerman Dental and Oral Diseases Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Bahram Jafaree - Dentist, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Background & Objective: Dentistry is a stressful job and dental students are exposed to educational and environmental stresses The aim of this study was to determine the stress level in dental students   Methods: This crosssectional study was conducted on students of School of Dentistry Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran Data were collected by Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS۲۱) standard questionnaire and analyzed by linear regression and ttest   Results: ۳۲۶% of students had moderate and ۴۳% had severe stress There was no significant differences between sex academic year mean of scores and stress level Married students had more stress (P = ۰۰۳۷) Students staying with their parents had low stress level (P = ۰۰۴۷) In ۶۶% of students the university issues were stressor   Conclusion: Based on the result of this study stress level among dental students is fairly high greater attention to this issue is recommended

Stress, Dental students, Kerman, Iran