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A cross\u2010sectional study was conducted to explore\u00a0the\u00a0coping\u00a0strategies employed by\u00a0dental students\u00a0at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in response to their self\u2010perceived stressors during the pandemic.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>An anonymous 35\u2010item survey was distributed to all four cohorts of UBC undergraduate dental students enrolled in the 2021\u20132022 academic year, 229 students in total. The survey gathered sociodemographic\u00a0information, self\u2010perceived COVID\u201019\u2010related stressor, and coping strategies via the Brief Cope Inventory.\u00a0Adaptive and maladaptive coping were compared among the years of study, self\u2010perceived stressors, sex, ethnicity, and living situations.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of\u00a0the 229 eligible students,\u00a0182 (79.5%) responded to the\u00a0survey. Of the 171 students that reported a major self\u2010perceived stressor,\u00a099 (57.9%)\u00a0of them\u00a0were\u00a0stressed about clinical skill\u00a0deficit due to the pandemic; fear of contraction was reported by 27 (15.8%).\u00a0Acceptance, self\u2010distraction, and positive reframing\u00a0were the most used coping strategies among all students. The one\u2010way ANOVA test revealed a significant difference in the adaptive coping scores among the four student cohorts (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.001). Living alone was found to be a significant predictor for maladaptive coping (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The main cause of\u00a0stress related to the COVID\u201019 pandemic\u00a0for dental students at UBC is their clinical skills being negatively affected.\u00a0Coping strategies including acceptance and self\u2010distraction were identified. 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