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National Board Dental Examination (NBDE) is the United States national dental examination for students and professionals in dentistry. It is required for licensure in the United States and may also be required when applying for postgraduate studies in dental specialities after completing a dental degree .
The American Dental Association (ADA) is an American professional association established in 1859 which has more than 159,000 members. Based in the American Dental Association Building in the Near North Side of Chicago, [8] the ADA is the world's largest and oldest national dental association. The organization lobbies on behalf of the American ...
The Dental Admission Test (abbreviated DAT) is a multiple-choice standardized exam taken by potential dental school students in the United States and Canada (although there is a separate Canadian version with differing sections, both American and Canadian versions are usually interchangeably accepted in both countries' dental schools. This ...
From 1846 to 1855, new dental techniques were being invented such as the use of ester anesthesia for surgery, and the cohesive gold foil method which enabled gold to be applied to a cavity. The American Dental Association was established in 1859 after a meeting with 26 dentists. Around 1867, the first university-associated dental school was ...
American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association; American College of Dentists; American College of Forensic Examiners; American College of Prosthodontics; American Dental Assistants Association; American Dental Association; American Dental Education Association; American Dental Hygienists' Association; American Dental Society of Anesthesiology ...
In order to be accepted to an American dental school, most candidates must possess at least a bachelor's degree, which requires the successful completion of all appropriate pre-requisite courses. The first 2 years of dental school consist mostly of didactic education, in addition to simulation courses [clarification needed]. The last two years ...
The American Dental Association defined evidence-based dentistry like so: Evidence-based dentistry (EBD) is an approach to oral health care that requires the judicious integration of systematic assessments of clinically relevant scientific evidence, relating to the patient's oral and medical condition and history, with the dentist's clinical ...
The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) is a non-profit organization that works to further the education of dental professionals and the advancement of academic dental programs in Canada and the United States. Founded in 1923 as the American Association of Dental Schools, [1] ADEA is based in Washington, D.C. The ADEA membership includes: