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Stress among Undergraduate Dental Students During Course – Dental Detox?


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1 Vinayaka Mission's Sankarachariyar Dental College, NH-47, Sankari Main Road, Ariyanoor, Salem – 636308, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Oral Pathology, Vinayaka Mission's Sankarachariyar Dental College, NH-47, Sankari Main Road, Ariyanoor, Salem – 636308, Tamil Nadu, India
3 Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Vinayaka Mission's Sankarachariyar Dental College, NH-47, Sankari Main Road, Ariyanoor, Salem – 636308, Tamil Nadu, India
 

Dentistry is considered a challenging profession and does hold nobility in the realm of professional hierarchy and inspires parents and students to opt the path of dentistry as a vocation in the current generation. But as with any professional course, the journey to attain the degree does entail its struggles experienced as students during their undergraduate days. This article attempts to analyse the various stress points faced by undergraduate students during the course of dentistry.


Keywords

Stress, Undergraduate Dental Students, Counsellor.
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Authors

Manjeet Singh Sidhu
Vinayaka Mission's Sankarachariyar Dental College, NH-47, Sankari Main Road, Ariyanoor, Salem – 636308, Tamil Nadu, India
Surendran Mahendran
Vinayaka Mission's Sankarachariyar Dental College, NH-47, Sankari Main Road, Ariyanoor, Salem – 636308, Tamil Nadu, India
Mathew Jacob
Department of Oral Pathology, Vinayaka Mission's Sankarachariyar Dental College, NH-47, Sankari Main Road, Ariyanoor, Salem – 636308, Tamil Nadu, India
Saramma Mathew Fenn
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Vinayaka Mission's Sankarachariyar Dental College, NH-47, Sankari Main Road, Ariyanoor, Salem – 636308, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


Dentistry is considered a challenging profession and does hold nobility in the realm of professional hierarchy and inspires parents and students to opt the path of dentistry as a vocation in the current generation. But as with any professional course, the journey to attain the degree does entail its struggles experienced as students during their undergraduate days. This article attempts to analyse the various stress points faced by undergraduate students during the course of dentistry.


Keywords


Stress, Undergraduate Dental Students, Counsellor.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/jade%2F2017%2F166041