The Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to announce the approval of the long-awaited Advanced Standing International Dental Program from the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA).

This program will accept nine students and focuses on training dentists from foreign dental programs who desire to have a United States dental degree from a CODA approved institutional program. It includes a semester-long didactic and laboratory orientation to the dental school. The cohort will then enter the third-year dental class during the summer term and complete the Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) curriculum.

Applications are being accepted through the ADEA Centralized Application for Advanced Placement for International Dentists (ADEA CAAPID), and the program is slated to begin in January 2024.

Dr. Gustavo Leal, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Restorative Clinical Sciences, will act as Interim Director.

For more details on the program, click here.