University of Florida College of Dentistry Graduate Admissions: Apopka Program 

This 12-month certificate program in Advanced Education in the College of Dentistry is located in Apopka, Florida. Community Health Centers, Inc. is committed to serve as the health care lifeguard for many of Central Florida’s medically underserved populations and is a task which has been performed with vigor and pride for more than a quarter of a century. CHC continues its mission to provide needed services to rural communities and medically underserved populations with the knowledge that there can be few greater health priorities than a source for caring, sensitive, and knowledgeable care. This 12-month certificate program will provide advanced didactic and clinical training in all dental specialties. At CHC, emergency treatment is scheduled daily, however, the majority of treatment is comprehensive care. General dentistry includes diagnostic, preventive, restorative, rotary endodontic, periodontic, fixed removable and implants, prosthodontics and oral surgery procedures. A stipend is available in the amount of $30,000. No tuition is required.

Additional information on the Apopka Program can be found on the Apopka Dental Clinic website.

Application Process:

All program applicants must apply through PASS (Postdoctoral Application Support Service), which is sponsored by the American Association of Dental Schools. PASS is an application clearinghouse that provides uniform information to participating programs while relieving applicants of the burden of completing multiple individual applications. The PASS web site opens for application in late spring/early summer. Participation in the PASS program is mandatory. We advise applicants to apply as early as possible.

You must apply through PASS by the deadline specified in the PASS materials. 
For an application and instructions, please contact: 

PASS 
www.adea.org 
1625 Massachusetts Avenue N.W., Suite 600 
Washington, DC 20036-2212 
(202) 332-8790 
1(800)353-2237

With your online application send PASS:

• A Dean’s evaluation with National Boards Part I and II scores
• Two faculty evaluations
• Personal essay
• Dental School Transcripts

National Board Scores - 
Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations
211 East Chicago Ave., #1846
Chicago, IL 60611
800-621-8099 ext 465
www.ada.org

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS:

In addition to PASS materials, also complete: 

• Undergraduate transcripts
• Faculty evaluations that exceed the three processed by PASS.

Please send to: Venita Sposetti, Assistant Dean of Admissions, University of Florida College of Dentistry/AEGD Apopka Florida, P O Box 100402, Gainesville, FL 32610-0402.

See additional Conditions Of Enrollment

Click to download flyer with program description (PDF, 710KB)