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Introduction: World Health Organisation declared coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic on 2020 March 11. Awareness of COVID-19 helps in mitigating the spread of the disease.

Objective: To assess the awareness of COVID-19 disease and its related infection control practices among dental undergraduate students in Nobel Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Biratnagar.

Materials and Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 190 Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) undergraduate students from 2021 September 2 to 2021 October 29 using convenience sampling technique. Ethical clearance was obtained from Institutional Review Committee of Nobel Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Biratnagar, Morang, Nepal. A written informed consent was obtained from all the participants. Fifteen itemed self-administered questionnaire was used for collection of data. Data were entered in Microsoft Excel 2007 and analysis was done using the SPSS v.20. Frequencies and percentages are presented for descriptive statistics.

Result: The mean age of the participants was 22.07±1.98 years ranging from 18 to 27 years. Majority (143, 75.30%) of them were female. All of the participants knew the causative virus of COVID-19 as well as they knew the place of first case reported. Only seven (23%) of the students were aware about transmission of virus while none of the intern doctors and dental surgeons gave the correct mode of transmission. Regarding close contact approximately 144 (75.80%) gave correct answer.

Conclusion: The study showed good knowledge regarding modes of transmission and preventive measures however, only 29 (15%) of the respondents knew about route of transmission.

Awareness; corona virus disease 2019; dental undergraduates; Nepal.