This profile is the Advanced Standing (international) pathway.
It is for dentists who already earned a dental degree outside the U.S. and apply through ADEA CAAPID. It is not the four-year predoctoral program, and it is not a residency. See the same school's four-year DDS/DMD profile
Every line below is read from a published record — the program's own entry or its admissions page. No acceptance rates or average scores appear here, because no board publishes them per program.
Hands are weighted as heavily as paperwork here — a bench test is part of selection, so preparation has to include a practical station, not just exams.
Official ADEA CAAPID recordEnglish is a hard gate: the program states a minimum TOEFL iBT score of 100.
Official ADEA CAAPID recordExams they list as required: NBDE, INBDE, TOEFL.
Official ADEA CAAPID recordCredentials are only accepted through Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE), World Education Services (WES) — an evaluation from anyone else does not count.
Official ADEA CAAPID record
In their own words: “The International Dental Program at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry (LLUSD) is designed to allow qualified dentists educated in countries outside the U.S.”
Program website
One of the larger intakes in this pathway at 32 seats, which usually means a wider interview pool.
Official ADEA CAAPID recordShorter than most: 27 months to the degree, which cuts both time and total tuition compared with the typical program.
Official ADEA CAAPID record
Every figure on this page is taken from this program's own entry in the official ADEA CAAPID directory, last updated February 13, 2026. Verify anything for yourself:
The International Dental Program at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry (LLUSD) is designed to allow qualified dentists educated in countries outside the U.S. to earn Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) degrees in the United States. The D.D.S. degree from a United States dental school is an educational requirement for eligibility to take the dental licensure examination in many states. The program has a minimum length of 27 months, but may be extended, when necessary, to meet the needs of a particular student.
- Degree awarded
- D.D.S.
- Program length
- 27 months
- Class size
- 32
- Application opens
- March 6, 2026
- Application deadline
- June 1, 2026
- Program start
- March 29, 2027
- Bench test
- Yes
- Supplemental application
- No
- Supplemental fee
- Yes
- U.S. citizens / green card only
- No
Required exams
Transcript evaluation
Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE), World Education Services (WES)
National board notes
- Must pass the Integrated National Board Dental Examination (INBDE) or have passed both NBDE Part I and II to be considered for admission.
TOEFL instructions
- Must demonstrate acceptable English speaking and reading skills. Applicants whose native language is not English are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). To be competitive, a score of 100 or above is highly recommended.
Letters of evaluation
- Program accepts up to three Letters of Recommendation.
- Program prefers one Letter of Recommendation to come from former teachers or mentors who can attest to applicant’s character, conduct and professional ability.
This program does not publish a tuition figure in the CAAPID directory, and we refuse to print a guess next to a number as consequential as this one. Tuition, instrument kits, fees and living costs in Loma Linda change every cycle.
Open the cost-of-attendance page on the program's own site for the current figure, and budget separately for the 27 months you will be enrolled.
Open program websiteMarlise Perry, M Ed.
Asst. Director, Admissions and Student Affairs
Loma Linda University School of Dentistry 11092 Anderson St. PH Room 5503 Loma Linda, CA 92350 909-558-4621
admissions.sd@llu.edu
909-558-4621
Jacob Love
- Official ADEA CAAPID directory entry
https://programs.adea.org/CAAPID/programs/loma-linda-university-school-of-dentistry
Fields taken from here: program length, class size, application open date, deadline, start date, bench test, supplemental application, required exams, transcript evaluator, TOEFL and letter instructions
- Program's own website
https://home.llu.edu
Fields taken from here: tuition and cost of attendance, curriculum detail, contact details
Verification history
No manual re-check has been logged since the source page itself was dated February 13, 2026. Administrators log every re-verification and it appears here.
Every account below was read straight off Loma Linda University School of Dentistry's own website, so you are following the real feed and writing to the real office — nothing here is a look-alike page.
Videos & links about this program
Official campus walkthroughs, admissions info sessions and program pages posted by the administration — each with a short written summary of what it covers.
Loading…
Compare and explore
See how Loma Linda University School of Dentistry sits against the programs applicants weigh it against, and what else is on offer in California.
Ready to apply here?
Run your file through the Application Checker for this exact program, then rehearse the interview with a live examiner.
Free account · 3-day full access
Is Loma Linda University School of Dentistry within reach for you?
Check your admission odds against this program, then track every document, examination and deadline it requires.
Cancel any time before the trial ends and nothing is charged.