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Introduction: A new respiratory virus was found in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China in the month of December 2019. As it was a new kind of virus, the World Health Organisation named it as COVID-19 virus. Since then, it has affected various aspects of dental field including clinical and academic activities. Psychological status of student is also disturbed during this pandemic.

Objective: The main objective of this study was to find out the impact of corona virus disease (COVID)-19 pandemic had on students and interns of Kantipur Dental College and Hospital.

Materials and Method: This descriptive cross-sectional  study was conducted from August to September 2020. An online questionnaire consisting of 10 questions to assess the psychological status of dental students and interns was prepared on Google Form and online link was sent via email and Facebook messenger. The data were analysed in Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 software.

Result: In this study, out of 286 participants, 112 (40.29%) were moderately anxious, 15 (5.39%) were severely anxious and 57 (20.50%) were less anxious. Similarly, 261 (92.89%) participant thought mental health awareness during pandemic is very important whereas 17 (6.05%) thought there are other issues rather than mental health.

Conclusion: In this study, most of the participant thought mental health awareness is very important during pandemic. So, this study helps to provide a theoretical basis for psychological interventions to college students; and also provide a basis for the formation of national and governmental policies.

COVID-19; dental student; psychological status.