Dental School Application Form

Streamline Your Dental School Admissions Process with Paperform

Dental school admissions require meticulous attention to detail, extensive documentation, and careful evaluation of multiple competencies beyond academic performance. This Dental School Application Form template is purpose-built for dental schools, pre-dental programs, and admissions committees who need to efficiently collect comprehensive applicant information while maintaining a professional, welcoming experience.

Why This Template Works for Dental Education

Dental school applications are uniquely complex. Unlike standard college applications, they must assess not only academic merit and standardized test performance but also manual dexterity, clinical exposure, personal motivation, and interpersonal skills essential for patient care. This template captures all critical components in one streamlined, professional form:

• DAT score reporting with breakdowns by section (Perceptual Ability, Natural Sciences, Reading Comprehension, and Quantitative Reasoning)
• Clinical observation hours documentation across multiple settings (general dentistry, specialty practices, research)
• Manual dexterity and fine motor skills self-assessment
• Interview availability scheduling integrated directly into the application
• Academic credentials including prerequisite coursework verification
• Personal statements explaining motivation for pursuing dentistry

By consolidating these elements into a single digital form, your admissions office can eliminate scattered email attachments, incomplete PDF submissions, and time-consuming follow-up requests.

Built for Dental School Admissions Teams

Whether you're managing a large dental school receiving thousands of applications or a smaller program with more personalized review processes, this template adapts to your workflow. The conditional logic ensures applicants only see relevant questions based on their previous responses, creating a smoother experience while collecting all necessary information.

For admissions directors and committees, this means cleaner data, easier comparison between candidates, and faster initial screening. All submissions flow into your preferred system—whether that's your student information system, Airtable, Google Sheets, or your CRM—through Paperform's native integrations or via Stepper for more complex routing and approval workflows.

For pre-dental advisors at undergraduate institutions, you can customize this template to help students prepare application materials, track their progress toward dental school requirements, and ensure they've completed all necessary prerequisites before applying.

Professional Design That Reflects Your Institution

First impressions matter in admissions. This template uses Paperform's document-style editor to create a polished, professional application experience that reflects well on your dental program. You can easily customize the theme with your institution's colors, add your school logo, include campus imagery, and adjust fonts to match your brand guidelines.

The multi-page layout breaks the application into logical sections, reducing overwhelm and increasing completion rates. Applicants can save their progress and return later, ensuring you receive complete, thoughtful submissions rather than rushed, incomplete forms.

Automate Administrative Workflows with Stepper

Once applications are submitted, the real work begins. Rather than manually sorting applications, sending confirmation emails, scheduling interviews, and updating multiple systems, connect this form to Stepper to automate your entire admissions pipeline:

• Automatically score and rank applications based on GPA, DAT scores, and clinical hours
• Route applications to appropriate committee members based on specialty interests or regional factors
• Send personalized confirmation emails with next steps and required supplementary materials
• Schedule interview invitations for qualifying candidates based on their indicated availability
• Update your applicant tracking system in real-time as submissions arrive
• Trigger background checks and prerequisite verification for advancing candidates

This automation doesn't just save time—it ensures consistency, reduces errors, and creates a fairer, more transparent admissions process.

Seamless Interview Scheduling

The integrated interview availability section eliminates the usual back-and-forth email chains. Applicants indicate their preferred dates and times directly in the form, which can sync with your admissions team's calendar. You can then use Paperform's scheduling features or connect to Calendly, Google Calendar, or your scheduling system via Stepper to automatically book interviews with qualified candidates.

Data Security for Sensitive Applications

Dental school applications contain sensitive personal information, academic records, and sometimes health-related details. Paperform is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant, ensuring that applicant data is protected with enterprise-grade security. You can also implement custom data residency controls and use SSO for your admissions team to maintain strict access controls.

Perfect for These Dental Education Scenarios

This template is ideal for:

• Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) and Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) programs accepting new student applications
• Dental specialty residency programs (Orthodontics, Periodontics, Oral Surgery, Pediatric Dentistry, etc.)
• Dental hygiene and dental assisting programs with modified requirements
• International dental graduate programs evaluating foreign credentials
• Post-baccalaureate pre-dental programs screening prospective students
• Dental school summer research programs and internship opportunities

Get Started in Minutes

With Paperform's AI-powered form builder, you can customize this template to match your specific program requirements in minutes, not hours. Need to add additional questions about research experience? Want to collect letters of recommendation differently? Require specific prerequisite courses verified? Simply describe what you need, and Paperform's AI will help you build the perfect form structure.

The result is a professional, comprehensive dental school application form that respects your applicants' time while giving your admissions team the complete information needed to make informed decisions. Start collecting better applications today and spend less time on administrative work and more time identifying the next generation of dental professionals.

Ready to modernize your dental school admissions? This template includes everything you need to create a seamless application experience, from initial submission through interview scheduling and beyond.