Dental students are the future leaders of oral health in their respective communities; therefore, their oral health-related attitudes and behaviours are of practical value for primary disease prevention. The present study aimed to evaluate oral health-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours of dental students in Arab countries and explore the potential sociodemographic predictors of their oral health outcomes. A multi-centre, cross-sectional study was conducted during the academic year 2019/2020 in three Arab countries: Lebanon, Syria, and Tunisia. The study used a validated Arabic version of the Hiroshima University Dental Behavioural Inventory (HU-DBI) composed of original twenty items that assess the level of oral health-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours, and four additional dichotomous items related to tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking, problematic internet use, and regular dental check-up The HU-DBI score ranges between 0 and 12. A total of 1430 students took part in this study, out of which 60.8% were females, 57.8% were enrolled in clinical years, 24.5% were tobacco smokers, 7.2% were alcohol drinkers, and 87% reported internet addiction. The mean HU-DBI score was 6.31 ± 1.84, with Lebanon having the highest score (6.67 ± 1.83), followed by Syria (6.38 ± 1.83) and Tunisia (6.05 ± 1.83). Clinical students (6.78 ± 1.70) had higher HU-DBI scores than their preclinical peers (5.97 ± 1.86). The year-over-year analysis revealed that dental public health and preventive dentistry courses had significantly and positively impacted the undergraduate students' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours. The gender-based differences were not statistically significant, with a modest trend favouring males, especially oral health behaviours. Tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking, and problematic internet use were associated with lower HU-DBI scores. In the Arab world, the economic rank of the country where the dental students live/study was weakly correlated with the students' mean HU-DBI score.

• Keywords
• Arab Countries, Hiroshima University Dental Behavioural Inventory—HU-DBI, Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia, attitudes, dental education, dental students, health knowledge, oral health, oral hygiene, practice,
• MeSH
• Arabs MeSH
• Humans MeSH
• Oral Hygiene MeSH
• Oral Health * MeSH
• Cross-Sectional Studies MeSH
• Surveys and Questionnaires MeSH
• Students, Dental * MeSH
• Health Behavior MeSH
• Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice MeSH
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• Humans MeSH
• Male MeSH
• Female MeSH
• Publication type
• Journal Article MeSH
• Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
• Geographicals
• Lebanon epidemiology   MeSH

Young adults had been widely perceived as a low-risk group for COVID-19 severity; therefore, they were deprioritised within the mass vaccination strategies as their prognosis of COVID-19 infection is relatively more favourable than older age groups. On the other hand, vaccination of this demographic group is indispensable to achieve herd immunity. A cross-sectional survey-based study was used to evaluate the side effects of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines among university students in the Czech Republic. The validated questionnaire was delivered in a digital form, and it consisted of demographic data; COVID-19 vaccine-related anamnesis; and local, systemic, orofacial, and skin-related side effects' prevalence, onset, and duration. Out of the 539 included participants, 70.1% were females and 45.8% were <23 years old. The vast majority (95.2%) reported at least one side effect. The most common side effect was injection site pain (91.8%), followed by fatigue (62.5%), headache (36.4%), and muscle pain (34.9%). The majority of local side effects occurred after both doses (74.4%), while most systemic side effects occurred after the second dose only (56.2%). Most local (94.2%) and systemic (93.3%) side effects resolved within three days after vaccination. Females participants' adjusted odds ratio (AOR) showed they were 2.566 (CI 95%: 1.103-5.970) times more likely to experience post-vaccination side effects, and the participants who received two doses reported an increased AOR of 1.896 (0.708-5.077) for experiencing side effects. The results of this study imply that mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are highly probably safe for young adults, and further studies are required to investigate the role of medical anamnesis, prior COVID-19 infection, and gender in side effects incidence.

• Keywords
• BNT162 vaccine, COVID-19, Czech Republic, drug-related side effects and adverse reactions, mRNA-1273 vaccine, mass vaccination, phase IV, prevalence, young adult,
• Publication type
• Journal Article MeSH

• Keywords
• COVID-19, diabetes mellitus, facial pain,
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• COVID-19 complications   diagnosis   physiopathology   MeSH
• Adult MeSH
• Diabetes Complications complications   physiopathology   MeSH
• Middle Aged MeSH
• Humans MeSH
• Masseter Muscle physiopathology   MeSH
• Temporal Muscle physiopathology   MeSH
• Facial Pain etiology   physiopathology   therapy   MeSH
• SARS-CoV-2 isolation & purification   MeSH
• Aged MeSH
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• Adult MeSH
• Middle Aged MeSH
• Humans MeSH
• Male MeSH
• Aged MeSH
• Female MeSH
• Publication type
• Letter MeSH
• Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH

• Keywords
• COVID-19, halitosis, oral manifestations, xerostomia,
• MeSH
• COVID-19 * MeSH
• Halitosis * etiology   MeSH
• Communicable Diseases * MeSH
• Humans MeSH
• Oral Health MeSH
• SARS-CoV-2 MeSH
• Check Tag
• Humans MeSH
• Publication type
• Letter MeSH
• Comment MeSH