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) — an evaluation from anyone else does not count.
Official ADEA CAAPID record
In their own words: “The Maurice H.”
Program website
One of the larger intakes in this pathway at 30 seats, which usually means a wider interview pool.
Official ADEA CAAPID recordLonger than most: 24-36 months of enrolment, so budget for the extra year of tuition and living costs.
Official ADEA CAAPID recordLater deadline than most (July 15, 2026) — useful as a second-wave application if an exam retake pushes your timeline.
Official ADEA CAAPID record
A separate supplemental application AND its own fee are required on top of CAAPID — missing it voids the application.
Official ADEA CAAPID record
The Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry Temple University
Every figure on this page is taken from this program's own entry in the official ADEA CAAPID directory, last updated May 8, 2026. Verify anything for yourself:
The Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University Office of Admissions and Student Affairs 3223 North Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19140 215-707-3304. The Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University (Kornberg SOD) offers two program options for foreign-trained dentists. The 24-month program will accept experienced dentists who graduated from international dental schools. Preferences will be given to applicants with advanced clinical experience and who match the standards for competency expected from students moving into the third year of the predoctoral program at Kornberg SOD. Applicants must have passed Part I and Part II of the National Board Dental Examination (NBDE) or Integrated National Board Dental Examination (INBDE) before matriculation. A Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 100 or higher (old version) or 5.0 (new version) is required. Admission into the program will be based as well on assessment of preclinical skills (bench test), communication skills, and an oral examination (interview) conducted by the program’s search committee. The school places high weight on ethical and professional conduct and evidence for desire to
- Degree awarded
- D.M.D.
- Program length
- 24-36 months
- Class size
- 30
- Application opens
- March 6, 2026
- Application deadline
- July 15, 2026
- Program start
- April 1, 2027
- Bench test
- Yes
- Supplemental application
- Yes
- Supplemental fee
- Yes
- U.S. citizens / green card only
- No
Required exams
Transcript evaluation
Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE)
National board notes
- Program requires passage of NBDE Parts I and Part II or INBDE to be considered for admission into the second or third-year Advanced Standing IDP. NBDE and INBDE verification will be requested by the school if the applicant is invited to interview.
TOEFL instructions
- All applicants must successfully complete the preferred home-based TOEFL (internet-based TOEFL [iBT] accepted) with a score of 100 (old version) or 5.5 (new version) or above for the two-year and the three-year Advanced Standing International Dentists Programs. TOEFL score must be current; no more than two years old. A copy of TOEFL examination will be requested by the school if the applicant is invited to interview.
Letters of evaluation
- Program requires two Letters of Evaluation written within one year from the date of application. One letter must be from the dean of the dental college attended and one letter from a dental professional.
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 Philadelphia change every cycle.
Open the cost-of-attendance page on the program's own site for the current figure, and budget separately for the 24-36 months you will be enrolled.
Open program websiteDavid Dams
Director of Admissions
The Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University Office of Admissions and Student Affairs 3223 North Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19140 215-707-3304.
david.dams@temple.edu
215-707-3304
Quyvan Le
- Official ADEA CAAPID directory entry
https://programs.adea.org/CAAPID/programs/the-maurice-h.-kornberg-school-of-dentistry-temple-university-international-program
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://dentistry.temple.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 May 8, 2026. Administrators log every re-verification and it appears here.
Every account below was read straight off The Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry Temple University's own website, so you are following the real feed and writing to the real office — nothing here is a look-alike page.
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