Advanced standing (for applicants who already hold a dental qualification)
Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS)
Touro College of Dental Medicine · Hawthorne, United States
Qualification and identity
- Exact qualification
- Doctor of Dental Surgery Source: dental.touro.edu · verified October 14, 2026
- Qualification purpose
- Advanced standing (for applicants who already hold a dental qualification)
- Awarding institution
- Not verified
- Faculty / school
- Touro College of Dental Medicine
- Campus
- Hawthorne
- Country
- United States
- Award type
- Not verified
- Entry route
- Advanced standing Source: dental.touro.edu · verified October 14, 2026
Program structure
- Duration
- two-year didactic and clinical program Source: dental.touro.edu · verified October 14, 2026
- Intake
- Classes begin in May Source: dental.touro.edu · verified October 14, 2026
- Graduation requirements
- Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) degree; the school states graduates can then apply to take dental licensure exams Source: dental.touro.edu · verified October 14, 2026
Third and fourth year DDS curriculum · Two years
Same coursework as 3rd and 4th year domestic dental students
Source: dental.touro.edu · verified October 14, 2026
Teaching language
Admissions
Domestic and general requirements
- Existing dental-degree requirement · RequiredQualified dentists educated outside the United StatesSource: dental.touro.edu · verified October 14, 2026
- Application route · RequiredApply through ADEA CAAPID; application opens March 5, deadline August 1Source: dental.touro.edu · verified October 14, 2026
- Language requirement · RequiredTOEFL for applicants whose native language is not English; IELTS and TOEFL MyBest not acceptedSource: dental.touro.edu · verified October 14, 2026
- Practical or bench assessment · RequiredBench test and interview are part of the application processSource: dental.touro.edu · verified October 14, 2026
- Application fee · Required$100 application/processing fee, submitted directly to the programSource: dental.touro.edu · verified October 14, 2026
- Other requirement · RequiredThree letters of evaluation through CAAPIDSource: dental.touro.edu · verified October 14, 2026
Examinations and language tests
- NBDE / INBDE — RequiredSource: dental.touro.edu · verified October 14, 2026
- TOEFL — Required · minimum 90 (or 4.5 on the new scale), described as competitiveSource: dental.touro.edu · verified October 14, 2026
International admissions: International admissions not verified
Deadlines
- Application deadline · IDP entryAugust 1Source: dental.touro.edu · verified October 14, 2026
Tuition and fees
Instrument kit and laboratory fees: not verified. Do not assume tuition includes them.
Living costs, travel, insurance, instruments and clinical-stage charges are separate from tuition. Comparing costs across countries.
Clinical training
Patient-care requirements, supervision and placement responsibility: not verified.
Clinical-training arrangements not verified.Recognition and accreditation
National authorization or recognition
Permission from the national education or health authority to run the program or award the degree.
Not verified yet
Institutional accreditation
Accreditation of the university or institution as a whole.
Not verified yet
Dental-program accreditation
Accreditation of the dental degree program by a dental-education accreditor. Scope (program, campus, award) matters.
Not verified yet
Directory listing
An entry in a directory such as WDDS. A listing is not accreditation or endorsement.
No directory reference recorded
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Sources and verification
- https://dental.touro.edu/education/dds-program/admissions/international-dentists-program/ · Official program page · verified October 14, 2026