Introduction: Self-medication practice among future prescribers can cause a serious threat to thehealth care profession. There has been an increasing trend among medical and dental students forself-medication. The objective of our study was to find the prevalence and practice of self-medicationamong dental undergraduates in Kantipur Dental College and Teaching Hospital. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among all the dental undergraduatestudents of Kantipur Dental College, Kathmandu, from July to September 2018. Ethical clearancewas obtained from the institutional review board. A convenience sampling method was used. A prevalidated questionnaire was handed to the students in their classroom to collect the data. The datawere analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 16 and Microsoft Excel 2010and presented as frequency and percentage. Results: The prevalence of self-medication among dental undergraduates was found to be in 150(83.3%) out of a total of 180 students who participated in the study. Conclusions: Self-medication was commonly practiced by dental students. Self-medication shouldbe considered as a serious threat, especially among the students with inadequate knowledge of drug,dose, and duration of treatment.

Introduction: Persistent stress can impair the student’s wellbeing leading to diminished efficiency at work or learning. Dental students are frequently exposed to various stressors that are related to treatment procedures, training and administrative challenges in the college. The aim of the present study is to assess the stress, anxiety and depression levels of dental students during COVID-19. This study aimed to examine the impact of depression, anxiety and stress during COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Kantipur Dental College Teaching Hospital & Research Center, Kathmandu Nepal during covid-19 pandemic. The study was conducted with 150 students with 50 students each from first year, second year and third year. Levels of depression, anxiety, and stress were measured using the Depression, anxiety and stress scale -21 (DASS-21); statistical analysis were performed using SPSS 20.0 and p<0.05 was considered level of significance. Results: The total DASS score was calculated as 33.76 ± 23.12, the students showed normal, mild, moderate, severe and extremely severe groups but the maximum frequency was in normal DASS group. The study included four times more female students than male, only 27.33% did regular exercise, 40% reported financial burden on dental study. Conclusions: A significant relation both on academic as well as social life factors of DASS was noticed on dental undergraduates during COVID-19 which is an alarming situation, emphasizing need of intervention, with the development of appropriate support services for this group.