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Now Accepting Nominations for the 2025 10 Under 10 Awards

Help us shine a light on America’s brightest new dentists and submit a nomination today. Developed by the ADA New Dentist Committee in 2017, this award recognizes 10 amazing dentists who graduated from a dental school accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation less than 10 years ago. We're celebrating dentists who demonstrate excellence and inspire others in science, research & education, practice excellence, philanthropy, leadership and advocacy. 

Nominees who meet the following criteria will be considered:

Active member of the American Dental Association
Graduated from a U.S. accredited dental school between the years of 2015 and 2024, or be an international member of the American Dental Association graduating dental school between the years of 2015 and 2024
Exhibited excellence in areas such as Science, Research & Education, Practice Excellence, Philanthropy, Leadership and Advocacy

The 2025 10 Under 10 Awards nomination period is open through December 31, 2024.

Submit a nomination*

*Please email nominee's CV to newdentist@ada.org to complete nomination while we resolve the CV upload issue.

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Please note, you can make any edits to your nominations until December 31, 2024. On December 31, 2024, nominations will be considered final and automatically submitted to the ADA New Dentist Committee (NDC) for review. Winners will be chosen by the NDC and announced spring 2025.

Late nominations are not accepted. Nomination forms must be completed in its entirety including the nominee’s CV. Nominators may submit more than one nominee for consideration if desired. Dental associations may nominate someone on behalf of the society. Self-nominations are not permitted. Current members of the ADA New Dentist Committee are not eligible to receive the award; this includes dentists on the ADA New Dentist Committee during the 2023-2024 term and/or the 2024-2025 term.

Winners will be recognized at an ADA event and in other ADA channels and will be awarded complimentary registration to Elevate Leadership Conference as well as 2-nights hotel accommodations (room/tax). The approximate retail value of this prize is $2,424.

View past winners.