Release Dates
Phase II
Match result information for AEGD, US GPR, OMS and PED positions will be available at 12:00 p.m. noon Eastern Time on January 21, 2026.
Phase I
You must log into the NMS Match System to access the Phase I Match Result Report for students from your school. You also have access to a List of Programs with Available Positions from Phase I.
Content
When the results of the Match are released, the following information will be available to schools:
- A report of the Match results obtained by students from your school
- A list of positions that remain available after the Match
- Summary statistics of the results of the Match for applicants and residencies
This information will enable you to offer counseling and assistance to those students from your school who are seeking postdoctoral positions, but who were not successful in this year's Match.
Distribution
Match result notification emails will be sent to the contact person on file for your school. Applicants and residencies that certified Rank Order Lists will also receive notification of their results by email.
The emails are sent in the morning of the Match Results Day with the intention of having all emails sent by 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Due to unreliable email exchanges and inbound servers, we cannot guarantee a delivery time for the emails.
Beginning at 12:00 p.m. noon Eastern Time on the Match Results Day, the Match Results Report for your school will be available for download from the NMS Match System.
Statistics
Phase II statistics will be released on January 21, 2026.
Post-Match Process
Phase I
Following the release of the results, unmatched applicants seeking ORTHO, PERIO, PROS, ANES and Canadian GPR positions are permitted to seek and fill positions that remain available independently of the Match.
A list of ORTHO, PERIO, PROS, ANES and Canadian GPR Programs with available positions is provided in the NMS Match System. Programs may update the information on this list. Unmatched applicants seeking positions in the Post-Match Process should contact programs directly for more information.
Programs have access in the NMS Match System to information on applicants who either submitted a Rank Order List but were not matched to a position or withdrew but indicated they were interested in seeking a position in the Post-Match Process.
Unmatched applicants seeking positions in ORTHO, PERIO, PROS, ANES and Canadian GPR programs that remain available after Phase I of the Match should contact the programs directly.
Phase II
Following the release of the results, unmatched applicants seeking AEGD, US GPR, OMS and PED positions are permitted to seek and fill positions that remain available independently of the Match. However, no action to fill AEGD, US GPR, OMS and PED positions remaining unfilled after Phase II is to be taken prior to 12:00 p.m. noon Eastern Time on January 21, 2026.
A list of programs with available positions will be provided in the NMS Match System beginning at 12:00 p.m. noon Eastern Time on January 21, 2026. Programs may update the information on this list.
Programs will have access in the NMS Match System to information on applicants who either submitted a Rank Order List but were not matched to a position or withdrew but indicated they were interested in seeking a position in the Post-Match Process.
Unmatched applicants seeking positions that remain available after Phase II of the Match should contact programs directly.