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Introduction Dental Schools in the United States and Canada Academic Programs Comparison of Examined Applications, Applicants, and First-Year Enrollment Admissions First-Year Enrollment Total Enrollment Attrition Graduates Outcomes Assessment Student Educational Costs Financial Assistance Methods of Instruction Patient Care in Dental Schools Advanced Dental Education in Dental Schools and Non-Dental School Institutions Faculty Members Appendix A: Glossary of Terms Appendix B: 2005-06 Survey of Dental Education Groups I and II Sample Instruments LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Dental Schools in the United States and Canada Table 2: Description of Academic Programs in United States and Canadian Dental Schools, 2005-06 Table 3: Number of United States Dental School Examined Applications, Applicants,and First-Year Enrollment, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Table 4: Number of United States Dental School Examined Applications, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Table 5: Number of United States Dental School Examined Applications by Gender, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Table 6: Level of Advanced Standing at Which Transfer Students and International Dental Graduates are Admitted to United States and Canadian Dental Schools, 2005-06 Table 7: Amount of Predental Education of First-Year United States and Canadian Dental Students, 2005-06 Table 8: Amount of Predental Education of First-Year United States Dental Students, 1976-77 to 2005-06 Table 9: First-Year Enrollment and First-Year Repeating Students, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Table 10: First-Year United States Dental School Enrollment, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Table 11: First-Year United States Dental School Enrollment by Gender, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Table 12a: First-Year United States Dental School Enrollment by Gender and Ethnicity/Race, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Table 12b: First-Year United States Dental School Enrollment by Ethnicity/Race and Gender, 2005-06 Table 13: State of Residence of First-Year United States Dental Students, 2005-06 Table 14: Total United States and Canadian Dental School Enrollment by Class and Gender, 2005-06 Table 15: Female United States Dental School Enrollment by Class, 2004-03 and 2005-06 Table 16: Female United States Dental School Enrollment Compared with Total Enrollment by Class, 2005-06 Table 17: Total United States Dental School Enrollment, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Table 18: Total United States Dental School Enrollment by Gender, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Table 19: Total United States Dental School Enrollment by Ethnicity/Race and Gender, 2005-06 Table 20a: United States Dental School Enrollment by Ethnicity/Race and Class, 2005-06 Table 20b: United States Dental School Enrollment by Gender and Ethnicity/Race, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Table 21: United States Dental School Attrition by Class, 1995-96 to 2004-05 Table 22: United States Dental School Graduates, 1996 to 2005 Table 23: United States Dental School Graduates by Gender, 1996 to 2005 Table 24a: United States Dental School Graduates by Gender and Ethnicity/Race, 1995 to 2006 Table 24b: United States and Canadian Dental School Graduates by Ethnicity/Race and Gender, 2005 Table 25: First-Year Tuition and Annual Related Educational Costs in the United States and Canada, 2005-06 Table 26: First-Year United States Dental School Tuition and Fees for Residents and Non-Residents, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Table 27: Financial Assistance Awarded to United States Dental School Students, 2004-05 Table 28: Instruction Methods Used in United States Dental Schools, 2005-06 Table 29: Patient Care Provided by United States and Canadian Dental School Students During the Recent Year Table 30: Advanced Dental Education Programs Conducted in United States and Canadian Dental Schools, 2005-06 Table 31: Advanced Education in Dental Schools - First-Year Enrollment, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Table 32: Advanced Education in Dental Schools - Total Enrollment, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Table 33: Advanced Education in Dental Schools - Graduates, 1996 to 2005 Table 34: Advanced Education in Non-Dental School Institutions - First-Year Enrollment, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Table 35: Advanced Education in Non-Dental School Institutions - Total Enrollment, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Table 36 Advanced Education in Non-Dental School Institutions - Graduates, 1996 to 2005 Table 37: Full- and Part-time Faculty Members in United States Dental Schools, 2005-06. LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Classification of United States Dental Schools, 2005-06 Figure 2: United States Dental School Examined Applications by Gender, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Figure 3: Number of United States Dental Schools Allowing Admittance to Transfer Students and Graduates of International Dental Schools, by Class Year, 2005-06 Figure 4: Comparison of Predental Education of First-Year Students in United States Dental Schools, 2004-05 and 2005-06 Figure 5: Percentage of First-Year United States Dental Students with Baccalaureate Degrees, 1976-77 to 2005-06 Figure 6: Percentage of Repeating First-Year United States Dental Students, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Figure 7: First-Year United States Dental School Enrollment by Gender, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Figure 8: First-Year United States Dental School Enrollment by Ethnicity/Race and Gender, 2005-06 Figure 9: Region of Residence of First-Year United States Dental Students, 2005-06 Figure 10: Total United States Dental School Enrollment by Class and Gender, 2005-06 Figure 11: Total United States Dental School Enrollment by Gender, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Figure 12: Total United States Dental School Enrollment by Ethnicity/Race and Gender, 2005-06 Figure 13: United States Dental School Graduates by Gender, 1996 to 2005 Figure 14: United States Dental School Graduates by Ethnicity/Race and Gender, 2005 Figure 15: Outcomes Assessment for Class of 2004 Figure 16: Average First-Year United States and Canadian Dental School Tuition, 2005-06 Figure 17: Average United States Dental School Tuition and Fees for First-Year Resident and Non-Resident Students, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Figure 18: Average Amount of Financial Assistance Requested and Awarded to United States Dental School Students, 2004-05 Figure 19: Number of United States Dental Schools Offering Selected Instruction Methods, 2005-06 Figure 20: Average Number of Patient Visits and Patients Screened in United States Dental Schools, 2001-02 to 2005-06 Figure 21: Number of United States and Canadian Dental Schools Offering Advanced Dental Education Programs, 2005-06 Figure 22: Enrollment and Graduate Trends in Advanced Dental Education Programs Sponsored by Dental Schools, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Figure 23: Enrollment and Graduate Trends in Advanced Dental Education Programs Sponsored by Non-Dental School Institutions, 1996-97 to 2005-06 Figure 24: Number of Clinical Faculty Members by Full-time, Part-time, and FTE, 1996-97 to 2005-06