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Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine undergraduates and recent dentistry graduates ethical knowledge, practices and views of the ethical atmosphere of the institution. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire based descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out on a total of 250 students from 2nd year, 3rd year, Final year, House officers and postgraduate students of the institution. There were only closed-ended questions on the 20 self-administered items in the questionnaire. After that, SPSS version 26.0 was used to analyse the returned questionnaires. A total of 250 applicants received questionnaires. For every piece of data that was gathered, descriptive analysis was done, and the Chi squared test was used. Results: The study population was female dominant (n=135) (54%). The fi ndings showed that merely 78% of the applicants knew of the PMDC's code of ethics, and 10% knew about the global code of ethics. On the other hand, the applicants' views were observed to be favourable 90%, demonstrating that students were typically kind and committed to their jobs. Furthermore, a positive attitude toward dental care ethics procedures was observed. Conclusion: As students have shown a positive attitude toward their profession and ethical dentistry, more focus should be allocated to support dental students in terms of dental ethics education at educational in stitutions.