With the COVID-19 pandemic, all Mozambican school institutions were closed, resulting in student stress and anxiety, especially in for those in their final years of university. This paper reports the experience of a last year dental student. The abrupt pause of classes led to the dental school to introduce contingency plans for distance learning, but teachers and students were not prepared for this new modality. They did not have any previous training of the platforms, therefore leading to a consequent increase in anxiety and stress among students. Regarding the pandemic, most dental students felt sad (57%; 73/128), followed by fear (52%; 66/128), impotence (28% 36/128) and anxiety (27%; 35/128). Regarding the academic year and the feeling, the 4th year had more sadness (63.3%; 19/30), fear (43.3%; 13/30).The last year of the course who saw his graduation late, felt more sadness (68.1%; 15/22) fear (59.1%; 13/22)  and impotence (50%; 11/22).