Table 3.
Number of students from U.S, Canadian and foreign dental schools matched to postdoctoral dental residency programs, 2014–2018. Source: National Matching Services Inc. (Toronto, ON, Canada) Postdoctoral dental matching program: statistics for applicants [26].
| Year Training | Matched | Unmatched | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPR | AEGD | OMFS | PEDS | ORTHO | ANES | PERIO | PROS | ||||
| 2018 | U.S./Canada | 682 (97.7%) |
232 (95%) |
222 (99.5%) |
391 (96.7%) |
256 (90.4%) |
21 (100%) |
93 (66.4%) |
70 (60.8%) |
715 (26.6%) |
2682 |
| Non-U.S. | 16 (2.2%) |
12 (4.9%) |
1 (0.4%) |
13 (3.2%) |
27 (9.5%) |
0 (0%) |
47 (33.5%) |
45 (39.1%) |
362 (69.2%) |
523 | |
| 2017 | U.S./Canada | 716 (97.4%) |
243 (94.1%) |
216 (96.8%) |
384 (96.9%) |
255 (90.4%) |
27 (100%) |
NA | NA | 733 (28.4%) |
2574 |
| Non-U.S. | 19 (2.5%) |
15 (5.8%) |
7 (3.1%) |
12 (3%) |
27 (9.5%) |
0 (0%) |
246 (75.4%) |
326 | |||
| 2016 | U.S. | 596 (95%) |
212 (89%) |
213 (96.3%) |
355 (93.9%) |
234 (90%) |
30 (93.7%) |
NA | NA | 645 (28.2%) |
2285 |
| Non-U.S. | 31 (4.9%) |
26 (10.9%) |
8 (3.6%) |
23 (6%) |
26 (10%) |
2 (6.2%) |
221 (65.5%) |
337 | |||
| 2015 | U.S. | 591 (95.0%) |
182 (79.8%) |
209 (97.2%) |
359 (93.4%) |
237 (88.4%) |
22 (88%) |
NA | NA | 639 (28.5%) |
2239 |
| Non-U.S. | 31 (4.9%) |
46 (20.1%) |
6 (2.7%) |
25 (6.5%) |
31 (11.5%) |
3 (12%) |
283 (66.5%) |
425 | |||
| 2014 | U.S. | 619 (95.6%) |
164 (84.1%) |
216 (96.8%) |
357 (95.9%) |
218 (86.1%) |
27 (87%) |
NA | NA | 693 (30.2%) |
2294 |
| Non-U.S. | 28 (4.3%) |
31 (15.8%) |
7 (3.1%) |
15 (4%) |
35 (13.8%) |
4 (12.9%) |
285 (70.3%) |
405 | |||
GPR: General Practice Residency; AEGD: Advanced Education in General Dentistry; OMFS: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; PEDS: Pediatric Dentistry; ORTHO: Orthodontics; ANES: Anesthesiology; PERIO: Periodontics; PROS: Prosthodontics; NA: not available.