In this issue:
By the Numbers: Dental Education
STUDENT REPORT
12,058
U.S. dental school applicants in 2016
6,100
First-time, first-year students enrolled in DMD and DDS programs in the U.S. in the fall of 2016
10
Average number of dental school applications submitted by students seeking admission in 2016
334
U.S. dental hygiene programs accredited by CODA (Commission on Dental Accreditation)
Source: ADEA GoDental: Dental education by the numbers [internet]. Washington D.C.: American Dental Education Association; c2017 [cited 2017 June 27]. Available from: https://www.adea.org/godental.
PROFESSIONAL CONTINUING EDUCATION
According to the American Dental Association (ADA), in 2015, dentists practicing in the U.S. had the opportunity to participate in 28,227 continuing education activities recognized by the ADA Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP). With the combined participants in these activities totaling 814,534, U.S. dentists reported their CE participation — in the formats of live education, self-study over the internet, hands-on instruction, live education on the internet, and other types of self-study — as reported in the adjacent chart.
Source: Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition: 2016 annual report. Chicago: American Dental Association. 6-7 p.
1,539
Dental professionals who attended live continuing education programs sponsored by Glidewell Dental in 2016
Source: Glidewell Dental internal data.
In 2016, 1,820 dental professionals participated in online continuing education courses available from Glidewell Dental. 5,338 tests were taken; 9,196 CE credits were earned.
Source: Glidewell Dental internal data.
