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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">4580</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url">https://doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2022.141604</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic among Undergraduate Dental Students: A Qualitative Study&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>VS</surname><given-names>Kumar</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>V</surname><given-names>Karuveettil</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>SK</surname><given-names>Yeturu</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>NA</surname><given-names>Krishnan</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>UK</surname><given-names>Arjunraj</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>SS</surname><given-names>Menon</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>V</surname><given-names>Radhakrishnan</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>23</day><month>08</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>6)</volume><issue/><fpage>15</fpage><lpage>19</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: During COVID-19 pandemic, students were introduced to a novel learning platform moving away from in-person lecture classes and pedagogies. Medical courses in general and dentistry in specific has a chunk of curriculum devoted to development of clinical and laboratory skills, patient interaction and management of a wide spectrum of oral and general diseases which affect the human body. Many Universities have shifted to online mode of delivery of lectures from traditional college activi ties during COVID-19 lockdown Objective: This study was conducted to assess the psychological and social, educational and physical health impact of COV ID-19 on dental undergraduate students through a qualitative method. Methods: Qualitative phenomenological approach was undertaken. Focus group discussions and in-depth interview were conducted according to different grades of their study during their undergraduate course. Results: Psychologically, the students were anxious of prolonging their undergraduate course and also of the conduct of exams. The students were initially thrilled to be with their close family members; but gradually boredom loomed large. Those who used to regularly take part in sports, games and other physical activities could not continue with those as restrictions were enforced. Conclusion: The students were mostly anxious due to lack of training in clinical dentistry, conduct of exams and course duration. Students were mostly glad to be with their family members during lock down. The physical activity among students have come down drastically.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>COVID-19</kwd><kwd> Dental</kwd><kwd> Impact</kwd><kwd> Qualitative</kwd><kwd> Undergraduate Students</kwd><kwd> Education</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
