Application Process
The centralized application portal used by almost all U.S. dental schools.
What is AADSAS?
powerhouse or battery of the cell.
What is mitochondrion?
States of matter
What is solid, liquid, and gas (vapour)?
This functional group contains a carbonyl bonded to an –OH group.
What is a carboxylic acid?
This part of the tooth is the hardest substance in the entire human body, even harder than bone.
What is enamel?
The average matriculant GPA at most U.S. dental schools falls within this range.
What is 3.4-3.6
When one gene affects multiple, seemingly unrelated traits.
What is pleiotropy
Gibbs free energy (ΔG) tells you whether a reaction is spontaneous (happens on its own) or non‑spontaneous (needs energy).
What is ΔG = ΔH – TΔS?
the best leaving group in a substitution reaction of an alkyl halide
Bromine
the first "toothbrush" was invented in ______
Egypt
Most dental schools require at least this many hours of dental shadowing to be considered competitive
What is 100 hours?
The main enzyme that synthesizes new DNA strands during bacterial DNA replication.
What is DNA polymerase III?
The heat required to raise 1 g of a substance by 1°C.
What is specific heat capacity?
This elimination mechanism requires a strong base and a β‑hydrogen anti‑periplanar to the leaving group.
What is E2?
Commonly known as baby teeth, milk teeth, or deciduous teeth, are the first set of teeth to develop in humans and other mammals.
What are primary teeth?
A structured technique designed to answer behavioral interview questions (e.g., "Tell me about a time...") in dental school interviews by providing specific situation, task, action, and result
What is the STAR method?
The phases of mitosis
What is PMAT (Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase)
This ion determines the pH of a weak acid solution.
What is H₃O⁺?
This term describes molecules with chiral centers but an internal plane of symmetry.
What are meso compounds?
The average American spends _____total days brushing their teeth during their lifetime.
- 49
- 38
- 27
- 56
38 days!
Some applicants strengthen their application by obtaining this entry-level dental credential, which requires passing a written and clinical exam.
What is a RDA (Registered Dental Assitant)?
A type of natural selection that favors both extreme phenotypes while selecting against the intermediate phenotype.
What is disruptive selection?
This equation predicts non‑standard cell potentials.
What is the Nernst equation?
This functional group features a carbon triple‑bonded to nitrogen.
What is a nitrile?
Teeth become sensitive to cold when the protective enamel or gums no longer shield the inner layer of the tooth the dentin — allowing cold sensations to reach the nerve.
What is dentin?