Last year, the American Dental Association (ADA) introduced a new exam called the Advanced Dental Admission Test (ADAT). This was in response to the lack of scores from other standardized dental exams such as the National Board Dental Examination (NBDE) Part I/II and the dental colleges having switched to using a Pass/Fail system. Advanced dental/specialty programs are now signing up to use the ADAT as the means to quantitatively compare applicants in an objective manner. Therefore, foreign dentists applying to advanced dental programs and dental graduates applying to specialty programs may have to take this additional exam as a part of the admission process.
Meera Maveli
Meera Maveli BDS, MS is a Houston based Periodontist who is currently enjoying a stint as a stay-at-home mom! As a foreign trained dentist who moved to the US after her marriage, she is familiar with the grueling process of trying to get into a US dental program. Now as an American Board-certified Periodontist, she believes it is her time to give back to the profession and to her fellow foreign dentists who are searching for guidance in the admissions process. Her blog was born out of that need. Her weekly posts tackle the dental admissions process, the job hunt once you graduate and the immigration issues unique to foreign dentists studying/practicing in the U.S.