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Membership Categories
The AAE has several membership categories to accommodate the variety of professionals in the endodontic field. Which AAE membership will best fit you? Find out below:
Active Membership
Active membership is available to a practicing endodontist who has successfully completed an advanced specialty education program in endodontics approved by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association.
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International Membership
International membership is available to a practicing endodontist in a country outside of the United States who has successfully completed the requirements defined by their government or recognized endodontic specialty association.
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Educator Membership
Educator membership is available to individuals who are eligible for AAE Active membership and are full-time educators. An Educator’s full-time status is defined by the educator’s university/institution. Faculty members in a predoctoral department or an advanced specialty education program in endodontics accredited by the ADA Commission on Dental Accreditation or an institution that has a reciprocal agreement with the Commission are eligible to apply.
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Associate Membership
Associate membership is available to a practicing dentist who has an interest in endodontics but is not educationally qualified as an endodontist; a practicing dentist outside the United States (non-U.S. citizen) who is engaged in the full-time teaching of endodontics or the limited practice of endodontics or a dentist whose primary concern and activity is in the area of education, administration or research related to endodontics.
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Student Membership
Student membership is available to individuals enrolled in an advanced specialty education program in endodontics accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association; a foreign graduate who has completed an advanced specialty education program in endodontics but is enrolled in an advanced placement program in a U.S. dental school accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation to obtain a license to practice dentistry/endodontics, or an endodontist who has completed dental and endodontic training in an accredited U.S. dental school and who is enrolled in a full-time advanced education program in a health-related field.
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Predoctoral Student Membership
Predoctoral Student membership is available to individuals with an interest in endodontics who are enrolled in a dental school accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association and not yet enrolled in an endodontic advanced specialty education program.
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Auxiliary Membership
Auxiliary membership is available to dental staff employed by an endodontist or by a member of the Association.
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