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Celebrate oral health education's innovators and visionaries at the 2025 Gies Awards on March 10 in National Harbor, MD.

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ADEA offers applicants to dental, allied and advanced dental education programs a straight-forward and convenient process of applying to their chosen dental schools or programs via our four centralized application services.

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2024 ADEA Deans Conference
2024 ADEA Deans’ Conference
2025 ADEA GoDental Recruitment Event
2025 ADEA GoDental Recruitment Event
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2024 ADEA CAAPID Virtual Fair

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