Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government Vol. 26, No. 2, 2020 https://cibg.org.au/ P-ISSN: 2204-1990; E-ISSN: 1323-6903 DOI: 10.47750/cibg.2020.26.02.254 Copyright © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Society of Business and management. This is an Open Access Article distributed under the CC BY license. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Punctuality Pattern Among Dental Students ARUN KISHORE RN 1 , DHANRAJ GANAPATHY 2* , KEERTHI SASANKA 3 1 Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai-600077 2 Head and Department of Prosthodontics, Head of department, Saveetha dental college and hospitals, Saveetha institute of medical and technical science, 162, Poonamalle high road, Velapanchavadi, Chennai, India. 3 Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai-600077 *Corresponding Author Email: 151901074.sdc@saveetha.com 1 , dhanrajmganapathy@yahoo.co.in 2 , keerthis.sdc@saveetha.com 3 Abstract: Background: Punctuality is a sign of professionalism and helps you to stand as a reliable and trustworthy individual.When a person becomes punctual , everything falls into places , you get discipline in life and also it helps you to reach greater heights . Punctuality is one of the major concerns in the day to day life scenario. The level of punctuality largely influences one's confidence and their attitude. Being Punctual is mainly based on time management and it is the main reason behind success .Time management issue is greatly influenced by perception and behaviour. Materials and Method: The questions were prepared and distributed through an online survey planet link the participants well explained about the study and the results were collected and statistically analysed. Result and discussion: From the analysed results we can see that the majority of the dental students are punctual to their classes and there exists a pattern of punctuality among the students.Conclusion: From the survey, it was evident that majority of the dental students are punctual to their classes and there also exists a punctual pattern among dental college students. Keywords: Punctuality, dental, students, pattern INTRODUCTION Punctuality is a sign of professionalism and helps you to stand as a reliable and trustworthy person. Trait pro carnation is believed to be highly prevalent among college students to their education performances(Alur, Feder and Henzinger, 1991)(Basu and Weibull, no date). Punctuality is of great importance , it is truly underestimated and must be given utmost importance(Olsson and Haugland, 2004) .When a person becomes punctual , everything falls into places , you get discipline in life and also it helps you to reach greater heights in one's life (Dishon-Berkovits and Koslowsky, 2002)(Olsson, 2020). Punctuality is one of the major concerns in the day to day life scenario. The level of punctuality largely influences one's confidence and their attitude(Clayman, 1989; Dishon-Berkovits and Koslowsky, 2002). There are many ways to improve punctuality. We can improve by putting a time table , schedule work , per-planning the day. These are some ways to improve punctuality. Many articles and researches have been made on punctuality. It can also be considered as the process in which an individual effectively conducts the task and has control over time and the content of what he/she does(Dudycha, 1937)(Joseph, 2015; Olsson, 2020) . In western culture , time management is used as a competitive tool by both individuals and organisations(Dudycha, 1938)(Hahn, 2013). Mainly Punctuality or being Punctual is based on the time management and it is the main reason behind success . Time management issues are greatly influenced by perception and behaviour on how individuals perceive and think about managing their time(Manganello, 1994). Previously our department has published extensive research on various aspects of prosthetic dentistry(Ganapathy, Kannan and Venugopalan, 2017; Jain, 2017a, 2017b; Ranganathan, Ganapathy and Jain, 2017; Ariga et al., 2018; Anbu et al., 2019; Ashok and Ganapathy, 2019) , this vast research experience has inspired us to research awareness on the use of steroidal drugs among basketball players in school.. The main reason to take this topic is to know the Punctuality pattern among dental students and what are the main factors affecting their Punctuality and what would be the best and easy ways to overcome lateness, and being Punctual helps one to gain confidence and the perception toward any work will be transformed by being punctual. Our team has rich experience in research and we have collaborated with numerous authors over various topics in the past decade (Deogade, Gupta and Ariga, 2018; Ezhilarasan, 2018; Ezhilarasan, Sokal and Najimi, 2018; Jeevanandan and Govindaraju, 2018; J et al., 2018; Menon et al., 2018; Prabakar et al., 2018; Rajeshkumar et al., 2018, 2019; Vishnu Prasad et al., 2018; Wahab et al., 2018; Dua et al., 2019; Duraisamy et al., 2019; Ezhilarasan, Apoorva and Ashok Vardhan, 2019; Gheena and Ezhilarasan, 2019; Malli Sureshbabu et