Assessing Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Risk Perception towards COVID-19, among Dental Students in Southern Iran

Abstract

Aims: Coronavirus Disease 2019 , affecting a large number of people worldwide, has been declared as a public health emergency. The goal of this study was to assess the Knowledge, Attitude, Practice (KAP), and risk perception of dental care during the covid-19 among dental students.Methods: An online questionnaire was sent to 4 th -6 th -year dental students. The questionnaire was divided into 5 sections. The first part contained questions regarding demographic information, whereas the other sections each assessed knowledge (18 questions), attitudes (5 questions), practices (7 questions), and risk perception (2 questions) of dental students.