Application Services
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.
ADEA AADSAS
    
ADEA Associated American Dental Schools Application Service
        
Apply to traditional D.D.S. or D.M.D. programs
        
ADEA CAAPID
    
ADEA Centralized Application for Advanced Placement for Internal Dentists
        
Apply to advanced standing programs for internationally educated dentists
        
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 ADEA DHCAS
    
ADEA PASS
    
ADEA Postdoctoral Application Support Service
        
Apply to advanced dental education programs
        
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