Dental Aptitude Test

Yes, please view the DAT Candidate Guide for more information.

DAT orders are shipped by Canada Post, with typical shipping times of 10 to 12 business days in Canada. Because shipping to the United States or outside of North America can take longer, we cannot guarantee delivery times for these orders.

If you have allowed a reasonable amount of time and your order has not yet arrived, email the DAT Office with your complete mailing address and your full name exactly as entered during your DAT Registration.

To cancel your DAT registration:

1. If you registered less than 90 days ago, you may be eligible for a partial refund of fees – check the DAT Candidate Guide for details. Follow the process indicated, especially sending an email immediately to dat@cda-adc.ca.
2. If you registered 90 or more days ago, the fees are not refundable and you do not need to do anything to cancel your registration. Your eligibility period will simply expire.

You must register for the DAT online.

All registrations must be completed using the DAT website. Email or phone requests to register are not accepted and will not receive a response. It is your responsibility to register for the DAT through the website.

Applicants are allowed to participate in the DAT Program an unlimited number of times. However, the eligibility requirement for multiple DAT attempts are as follows:

• The DAT may only be written three times within a twelve-month period.
• After three attempts of the DAT, a candidate must provide proof of their continued application to dental school, and may only attempt the DAT one time per twelve-month period.

Only the results of the most recent attempt, and the total number of attempts will be reported on your official DAT transcript. Applicants who want the results of a previous DAT test sent to one or more faculties of dentistry must make this request online.

There are 210 questions on the English DAT, plus the Manual Dexterity Test. There are 160 questions on the French DAT (no reading comprehension test), plus the Manual Dexterity Test.

• The Survey of the Natural Sciences consists of 40 biology and 30 general chemistry questions.
• The Perceptual Ability Test consists of 90 questions.
• The Reading Comprehension Test (English only) consists of 50 questions.

The DAT is a test that helps dental schools select first-year students.

The DAT consists of 4 components for the English test and 3 components for the French test. The English test consists of a Survey of Natural Sciences, a Perceptual Ability Test, a Reading Comprehension Test, and a Manual Dexterity Test. There is no Reading Comprehension Test on the French DAT. For more detail on the test components, see the DAT Candidate Guide.