This study aimed to find out what extracurricular activities undergraduate dental students from different dental colleges in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia participate in and how they feel about them. In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, undergraduate dentistry students from different governmental dental institutes were given a self-administered questionnaire containing closed-ended questions. The SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) software was used to enter the data and perform a descriptive analysis. A total of 453 students responded to the survey and enrolled in the study. The majority of the study participants (88.96%) had a GPA above 4.0, and 95.1% were from governmental universities. Of the survey participants, 81.3% said that participating in extracurricular activities could enhance their academic achievement. According to the majority of undergraduate dentistry students who participated in the survey, extracurricular activities improved their educational experience. As a result, the number of extracurricular activities offered in dental schools could be increased and dental students could be encouraged to participate.
