DAT scores and dental specialty
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No. Thank God.
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Not at all. I had a lower DAT compared to many friends at my school and am doing better than most. DAT has zero correlation to dental school success. The effort you put into school will dictate class rank and grades.
lol the DAT has almost zero predictive value of how well you will do in dental school. so in other words, a definite no
What does the literature say?
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The relationship of performance on the dental admission test and performance on Part I of the National Board Dental Examinations - PubMed
Although many schools use scores on the Dental Admission Test (DAT) to evaluate applicants, the association of these scores with students' performance on Part I of the National Board Dental Examinations (NBDE) has not been recently evaluated. In this study, the hypothesis that the DAT scores...
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Dental Admission Test scores and performance on NBDE Part I, revisited - PubMed
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between performance on the Dental Admission Test (DAT) and Part I of the National Board Dental Examination (NBDE Part I) for students at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM). This study was a retrospective cohort study, examining...
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Do admissions data and NBDE Part I scores predict clinical performance among dental students? - PubMed
The purpose of this study was to evaluate possible associations between a variety of measures used to evaluate didactic knowledge and clinical performance within a predoctoral dental program. In this study, clinical performance was assessed by clinical productivity and clinical proficiency...
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One thing that I do think correlates with success in pre-clinic is the PAT. I know some people who didn't do so well on the PAT and are struggling in lab, while I also know other who did extremely well in the PAT section and are incredible in pre-clinic. Again, it doesn't dictate your success, but I've seen a small correlation between those 2.
Some residencies do require you to report your DAT scores. Who knows if this will change by the time you’d apply.
Which residencies/specialties?
Ortho for one
The DAT is nothing but added cash flow for the ADA - zero predictive value. It'd be similar to a dental school wanting your ACT/SAT scores - irrelevant.
