1. U.S. Postdoctoral Dental Education First-Year Enrollment, 1975 - 2007
Source: American Dental Association, Survey of Advanced Dental Education

2. Total and Women Enrollment in Advanced Dental Education Programs, 1995-2003
Source: American Dental Association, Survey of Advanced Dental Educational Programs

3. First-Year Enrollment in Advanced Dental Education Programs, 2007 - 2008
Dental School
Non-Dental School
Total
Dental Public Health 14 3 17
Endodontics
174 28
202
Oral Maxillofacial Pathology 10 6 16
Oral Maxillofacial Radiology 11
Oral Maxillofacial Surgery
111
120
231
Orthodontics
289 63
352
Pediatric Dentistry
216
124
340
Periodontics
158 19
177
Prosthodontics
115 24
139
Other 12 23
Total for Specialties
1,110
398
1,508
GPR
123
828
951
AEGD
217
318
535
Total for General Dentistry
1,146
1,486
Grand Total
1,450
1,544
2,994
Source: American Dental Association, Survey of Advanced Dental Education

4. U.S. Postdoctoral Dental Education Enrollment Trend/Gender 1983_1984 – 2007-2008
Male %
Female
3,241 83
684 17
3,318 75
1096 25
3,250 70
1383 30
3,475 65
1,864 35
3,526 61
2,222 39
Source: American Dental Association; Survey of Advanced Dental Education and historic

5. Enrollment in Advanced Dental Education Programs 2007- 2008, by Race and Ethnicity
Source: American Dental Association, Survey of Advanced Dental Education. Includes enrollment in dental school programs and non-dental school programs.

6. Total Enrollment in Advanced Dental Education Programs in 2007-08, by Race and Ethnicity
This includes enrollments in the nine specialties, AEGD, and GPR
Dental School Non-Dental School Dental School Total
White
Black
Hispanic
American Indian
Asian
Unknown
Asian includes Pacific Islanders
American Indian includes Native Alaskans
Source: American Dental Association, Survey of Advanced Dental Education