Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Lockdown on Student's Academic and Clinical Experience with the Online Form of Education among Dental Students

COVID-19 pandemic induced lockdown began all around the world by the month of March in 2020. As all the big economies of the world came to a standstill, education also took a setback. With all the schools and colleges being shut around the world, the students as well as the teachers had to adapt to a different method of learning that is in the form of online class, which were conducted using various online platforms. We constituted a survey by using Google forms and referring various scientific articles, and journals to assess the satisfaction and difficulties faced by the dental students in the pandemic. This survey was circulated among 400 students. In our survey we highlight the difficulties and setbacks which were faced by dental students exclusively in terms of theory and practical classes. Even though various new methods were adapted for the continuity of education some of which have had a positive impact but most of the participants felt that their clinical training was severely affected and felt unsatisfied with the online classes.