Abstract

This study was conducted involving a group of 500 dental students to directly compare perceived stress
levels encountered during their education and Clinical years. A modified questionnaire based on
Demographic informations, Physical Symptoms (PHQ-15), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and General
Health “GHQ-12”provided to the students by papers. The purpose of the investigation was to determine if
the sources of stress reported by first or Fourth dental students, A several statistical analysis was also
conducted to measure stress differences between didactic and clinical year dental student. The overall
findings show that the fourth year dental students had greater levels of stress than first year students.