Background:

resilience is a dynamic and balanced process that involves the combination and interaction of risk and protection factors, that is, between the attributes of the individual and family, social and cultural environment, which enables them to overcome risk and adversity constructively.

Objective:

to determine the levels of resilience of the first year students of the dentistry degree.

Methods:

a descriptive and cross-sectional investigation was carried out at the Dentistry Faculty of Camagüey University of Medical Sciences, from January to March 2020. Theoretical and empirical methods were used to support the research and collect the information. Wagnild's 14-item Resilience Scale (RS-14) was applied. The data were processed using descriptive statistics.

Results:

It was found that most of the students presented resilience between low and normal. In the female sex, the highest levels of high and normal resilience predominated, while the male one presented the lowest. Those who obtained a high level showed to be prepared for adversity and those who possessed normal resilience indicated feeling safe in difficult times. Among them, those who entered through the pre-university presented a lower level of resilience.

Conclusions:

the level of resilience of the first-year students of the Dentistry degree was determined due to its importance in the individual adaptation of the students.

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