How to Apply

Complete your CAAPID Application to our IDP Program:

• Applicants must submit a detailed Educational Credential Evaluator [ECE] course-by-course evaluation to ADEA CAAPID. Our school does not accept the World Education Services [WES] evaluation.

• Our program requires passage of Part I NBDE or Integrated NDBE (INDBE) to be considered for admission. Applicants who have passed NBDE Part II or INDBE will be given preference for admission. You must make arrangements to submit official NBDE scores to CAAPID directly.

• Our committee must see official NBDE score reports in your CAAPID portal by our July 15, 2023 admissions deadline.

• Applicants must submit three Letters of Evaluation through the ADEA CAAPID portal. No additional letters will be accepted.
  
• Letters should come from academic faulty or dental professionals who can best attest to your skills, abilities, and personal attributes.
• Letters submitted via e-mail or by paper mail outside the CAAPID portal will not be considered.

• Do not send letters directly to the University at Buffalo. Evaluators should submit letters of evaluation in the Evaluation section of the “Supplemental Materials” section of the ADEA CAAPID application. If your reference is having difficulty submitting their recommendation letter via the CAAPID portal, please have them call: 617-612-2045 for assistance.

• Letters can be no older than three years. For the 2025 CAAPID cycle, our committee will only accept recommendations from 2022, 2023, and 2024.
• These letters must be submitted directly from the evaluator to the online CAAPID portal. 
• The letters are to be on official letterhead and be signed by the evaluator to be official.  Your application will be considered incomplete without these two requirements.
• Please inform your evaluators of the importance of the requirements prior to submitting your application.

• The TOEFL Exam is required to apply for the University at Buffalo International Dentist Program [IDP]. 

• Must be received by the School of Dental Medicine by the July 15, 2024 application deadline.
• The application fee is non-refundable and is not credited toward any charges when an accepted applicant registers as a student.
• We require electronic submission of the application fee via credit card or e-check.

• The IDP Bench Test is administered to assess each candidate's clinical knowledge and hand skill proficiency.
•  Bench Test information will only be provided to those candidates invited to bench test and interview.
  
• Those candidates who successfully pass the bench test, will be invited to interview in person at the School of Dental Medicine. In-person interviews will take place either Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning. You will be notified of your interview date and time by Wednesday morning after your bench test.

• Candidates MUST remain in Buffalo after completing their bench test in order to participate in the in-person interview session.  

• Bench Tests & Interviews are granted by invitation only.

The University at Buffalo offers a Bench Test preparatory course for international dentists. This course is optimal for those who may need better preparation in fixed and removable prosthodontics, operative dentistry, and treatment planning for the testing required by most U.S. dental schools as part of their admissions process.

The course features didactic and hands-on sessions under the guidance of School of Dental Medicine Faculty. Participants will be trained in the state-of-the-art Virtual Reality Simulation Laboratory at the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Dental Medicine.

You can expect a full day on Amalgams, lecture and practice; a full day on Composites, lecture and practice; a full day on Crowns, lecture and practice; a full day of Mock Testing and 1 extra day of practice on everything. Detailed daily schedule TBA.

Taking the bench test preparatory course is not a prerequisite nor does it guarantee that a participant will receive a formal IDP bench test/interview offer or admission to UB  or any other dental school.

Personal interviews are required for the International Dentist Program at the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine.

Upon completion of the interview process, the Admissions Committee will evaluate and offer provisional acceptances to those selected.

Admission offers generally begin two to three weeks after bench test and interviews are completed for all students. However, our committee will continue to make offers until our IDP class is full.