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The American Dental Education Association - Centralized Application for Advanced Placement for International Dentists (ADEA CAAPID) provides centralized application services for those pursuing education in dentistry in the U.S. This service allows you to apply to multiple dental education programs in the U.S. with one application.
✔ You will need to create an ECE® user account, if you do not already have one.
IMPORTANT: Your email address used for your ECE® account needs to be an exact match to the email address used on your CAS account.
✔ Once you have an ECE® user account, be sure to completely log out of your ECE® account before accessing your ADEA CAAPID account.
✔ ADEA CAAPID only accepts evaluation reports during open CAS cycles. More information on the CAS cycle can be found here: ADEA CAAPID Cycle Dates.
ADEA CAAPID requires a Course by Course ($195) evaluation report.
If you already had an ECE® Course by Course evaluation report completed within the last 5 years, read the section below about Ordering ECE Report Copies.
You MUST begin the application process on the ADEA CAAPID site.
Complete the ADEA CAAPID application to receive a Centralized Application Service (CAS) ID#.
It is very important that you add the international schools you attended in the Colleges Attended section of the ADEA CAAPID account.
From your ADEA CAAPID account, select the ORDER ECE® Evaluation button from where you will be redirected to the ECE® login page.
Once logged in to your ECE® account, complete the online application for an ECE® Course by Course evaluation report.
An official ECE report copy for ADEA CAAPID will be automatically added to your order.
After the ECE online application has been submitted, send your educational documentation according to the ECE® country-specific documentation requirements.
If you already had an ECE® Course by Course evaluation report completed within the last 5 years, you can order a copy sent to ADEA CAAPID.
Be sure to completely log out of your ECE® user account before accessing your ADEA CAAPID account.
IMPORTANT: ECE official report copies for ADEA CAAPID should only be ordered when the ADEA CAAPID cycle is open. If a copy is ordered prior to the ADEA CAAPID cycle opening, it will not appear in your ADEA CAAPID account, and a new copy will need to be ordered when the ADEA CAAPID cycle opens.
You MUST begin the copy request process on the ADEA CAAPID site.
Log in to your ECE® account and complete a Copy Request Order for an official electronic copy to be delivered to ADEA CAAPID.