The mission of the american dental education association (adea) leads individuals and institutions of the dental education community to address contemporary issues influencing education, research, and the delivery of oral health care for the improvement of the public's health.

Education , Graduate & Professional Schools

Adea has developed four centralized application services (cas). Each adea cas simplifies the application process by allowing applicants to complete one standardized application, rather than fill out multiple applications. Participating schools benefit by receiving uniform information on all applicants. Adea's four cas's are:1) adea aadsas (associated american dental schools application service) is for traditional d. D. S. And d. M. D. Programs at all u. S. Dental schools. 2) adea caapid (centralized application for advanced placement for international dentists) is for foreign educated dental graduates who wish to practice dentistry in the u. S. These programs offer advanced standing programs that are typically shorter in length compared to traditional dental degrees. 3) adea pass (postdoctoral application support service) is for dental students and dentists pursuing advanced dental education programs. 4) adea dhcas (dental hygiene centralized application service) is for dental hygiene programs at all education levels. professional development and meetings - the adea office of professional development coordinates and provides all logistical support and program development and review for all meetings, conferences and workshops sponsored by adea. office of policy research and diversity - the office of policy research and diversity will conduct educational policy research and studies in areas relevant to the needs of dental education over the next 5 to 10 years. It is comprised of four portfolios:- educational research and analysis - consists of the study of, data analysis and recommendations for educational policy relevant for dental education institutions. - advocacy and government relations - focuses on the halls of congress and the federal government on issues that affect special dental education and oral health and well-being of the nation. - access, diversity and inclusion - focuses on educational access and health care advocacy for diverse and underserved communities, and access, diversity inclusion goals that are compatible to the broad institutional mission. - institutional capacity building - focuses on efforts to support and strengthen dental educational programs at all levels: allied, predoctoral and advanced dental education.