DAT Score Release: When Results Arrive and How to Send Them

The ADA Candidate Guide gives a three-to-four-week official reporting window. The estimate above adds 21 and 28 calendar days to your test date. It does not account for an individual delay or the extra time an application service or school needs to update its records.

How to find your official DAT results

1. Sign in through the ADA’s DENTPIN account page. Use the identifier associated with your application. If you cannot access the account, recover it rather than creating another DENTPIN.
2. Open the score-reporting area and check the test date. For a retake, distinguish the new administration from older results. Save a copy for your own records once the official report is available.
3. Review both Academic Average and the individual results. Follow the DAT score-range guide to understand the current scale, then use the DAT percentile reference to interpret the reported scores.
4. Check recipient status separately. Finding a score in your own account does not prove that every school has finished processing it. Compare the recipient choices made during registration with your current application list.

The ADA’s DAT score page links to result access and reporting instructions. Keep your administration date and DENTPIN available if you need help locating the record.

How DAT scores reach schools and application services

These recipient rules come from the Candidate Guide’s score-reporting instructions. They describe transmission by the testing program. Your application still needs the correct identifiers, and the receiving service may need time to match the report.

For an additional recipient, open the requests area in DENTPIN, select the intended institution and check the fee before submitting. Keep the request confirmation. Sending a screenshot of your personal report is not a substitute when a school asks for an official report. If you are still registering, use the DAT application guide to make recipient choices before payment.

What to do if your DAT score is delayed

Write down the three statuses separately: “official report available,” “application service received,” and “school marked complete.” This small checklist makes a support request much clearer than saying only that the score is missing. Use official support channels; include identifiers requested by the service, but never your password.

After release: interpret before deciding on a retake

Current DAT results use the 200–600 scale. If you are comparing an older result or an older school statistic, use the DAT score converter and read its limits instead of treating an old 1–30 number as a current score. Our DAT score benchmarks help place the report in admissions context.

A retake decision needs more than disappointment with one number. Identify the section you can realistically improve, check the school’s score policy, and use the DAT scheduling and retake guide to see whether another attempt fits your timeline. The mixed DAT practice bank can help you examine a skill gap, but it cannot predict a future official score.