Official requirements
UCLA PPID — Supplemental application + CV (one combined PDF)
The supplemental application and CV must be ONE combined PDF, no larger than 5 MB.
Pick the application track you’re on. We’ll show the programs you qualify for, what each one actually requires, and what it costs to apply — quoted from official sources, stamped with the date we last checked.
Advanced standing
For internationally trained dentists earning a U.S. DDS/DMD through an advanced-standing program.
Residency
For dentists applying to post-graduate residency and specialty programs.
Independent · every fact source-linked · freshness-stamped
43 advanced-standing programs, 64 licensing jurisdictions, 16 bench-test videos, 10 bench-test articles — counts derived from the live catalogs.
Requirements sit on program pages, experiences sit in forum threads, stipends sit in PDFs. The same three kinds of evidence converge into one plan — every fact linked to its source and stamped with the date it was checked.
Quoted from program pages, stamped with the date checked.
Official requirements
The supplemental application and CV must be ONE combined PDF, no larger than 5 MB.
Official requirements
Use the Dugoni Dental CV template (strongly recommended) — it’s the primary tool the committee reviews.
Official requirements
Listed as required for the 2026-2027 cycle.
Official requirements
$300 USD, charged only if invited to the interview and skills assessment.
Real forum reports — attributed, linked, and dated.
Community notes
International applicants discussed NYU's Kira recorded-video assessment as a pre-screener / first gate, noting not everyone received a Kira invite.
Community notes
A 2025 applicant who applied in May said they still hadn't heard back, and asked when interview invitations end and whether the program sends official rejections (the post received no replies).
Community notes
Posters said UTSA changes the bench-test preps year to year to prevent information-sharing, and that selection criteria shift annually based on the qualities needed for that year's D3 class — so a strong overall profile…
Bench tests, who gets in, and program opportunities.
Experience signal
Applicants discussed a case-based test as a secondary step before interviews, asking how best to prepare for it.
Experience signal
Posters stressed the bench test is the most decisive factor (the application already covers your background) and recommended practicing on Kilgore typodont models — a cheaper hard-gingiva version works since you only…
Experience signal
≈20 admitted of 857 applicants (~2.3%); ~84 interviewed — the most selective and most transparent program.
Experience signal
≈34 per class. A recent class was 79% female, average age 35, with 18 countries represented.
One organized plan
The three pillars, assembled per program — nothing unsourced, nothing undated.
Requirements checklist — Every document, score, and channel per program
Deadlines & fees — Committed vs conditional costs, dated per cycle
Sourced community notes — Kept attributed and separate from verified facts
Freshness stamps — Each fact carries the date it was last checked
An interactive preview of three app views — sample data shown. Click through them.
Urgency-sorted overview of active CAAPID & PASS applications.
IDS (Advanced Standing)
Postgraduate Certificate
Endodontics Residency
Six systems, one workspace — each one stated as a checkable fact.
840 residency & specialty programs plus 43 advanced-standing programs — filterable, and fit-ranked against your profile.
Requirements and funding are quoted from each program's official pages, source-linked and freshness-stamped. When something isn't published, we say so.
Shared documents — ECE, TOEFL, IEF, PEF — marked done once update every school's checklist instantly. A spreadsheet can't do that.
Eligibility, deadlines, spend, and your next best step — computed from your profile, not guessed.
Résumé and personal-statement builders with templates and coaching, exported to Word or PDF — and a form filler that pre-fills school supplementals from your profile.
Licensing boards and exams across 64 U.S. & Canadian jurisdictions — plus 5 alternative pathways when you need a plan B.
Dr. Adel Al-Sakkal, DDS
A dentist — currently a student at the University of the Pacific, and previously full-time faculty in the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery department at the University of Michigan. CAAPIDy comes from planning this path firsthand: every claim is quoted from a program’s official page, linked to its source, and stamped with the date it was last checked — and when a program hasn’t published something, the entry says so.
Advanced standing, residency, or both — plus your degree origin and specialties.
The programs you qualify for, ranked by fit, with every requirement spelled out.
Track documents, build your résumé and statement, and hit every deadline.
Four flat-priced 1:1 services with the founder. None are required — the app stands on its own.
$30, tax included, for one application cycle — full access to everything. Optional 1:1 services are separate: application review ($129), personal-statement writing ($199), résumé/CV writing ($149), and a 30-minute consult ($49).
One dental application cycle — roughly a year. Your access covers the current cycle.
Your work is tied to your account and synced to your devices. You stay in control of it.
Dr. Adel Al-Sakkal, DDS — a dentist, currently a student at the University of the Pacific, and previously full-time faculty in the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery department at the University of Michigan. Every requirement in the catalog is quoted from the program's official page, linked to its source, and stamped with the date it was last checked.
No. This is independent guidance built for dental applicants — always confirm specifics with each program.
Get every program, requirement, and date into one workspace — and get ahead of them.