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The Lebanese Dentistry Colloquium, explained

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The Lebanese dental colloquium: what it is, who sits it, what's known about the next session, and how to prepare. Facts carry their source. Enamel is independent. For anything official, check with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education through its DGHE portal (sign-in needed).

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Who has to sit the colloquium?

In 2026 the dentistry written was for graduates of dental schools outside Lebanon, and the oral for them and for graduates of Lebanon's private dental schools.

If you graduated from a dental school outside Lebanon, expect the written, the oral and the practical. If you graduated from a private dental school in Lebanon, expect the oral.Source: Decree 9276, 1996, and the 2026 timetable

What are the colloquium's three phases?

Three: a written of 120 questions, an oral asked as clinical cases, and a hands-on practical. Enamel covers the first two. The practical is learned with your hands, not on a phone.

Phase 1 · Written

Multiple choice
Covered

120 questions in 100 minutes: 50 seconds each.Source: First-hand, the current format

Phase 2 · Oral

Clinical cases
Covered

3 questions in recent sessions, asked as clinical cases.Source: Recent sessions, first-hand

Phase 3 · Practical

Hands-on
Not covered

Planned A new clinical/practical exam from the second 2026 session.Source: Ministry statement, 21 August 2026

What does the written cover?

Endodontics most: 208 of the 1,041 questions from official past papers, then periodontology (168) and operative & materials (159). Counted as the app tags them for its mocks.

  • Endodontics208
  • Periodontology168
  • Operative & Materials159
  • Prosthodontics132
  • Anesthesia & Pharma69
  • Oral Surgery56
  • Radiology & Diagnosis49
  • Pedo & Ortho45
  • General155

Sorted by keyword, so a question counts once, under the subject it names most. “General” holds the rest.

When is the next dentistry colloquium?

Not announced yet: a second 2026 session is planned for November–December, but as of 7 October 2026 no dentistry call for applications is out.

  • Sessions usually run in July and in November–December.Source: Published timetables, 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2026
  • Planned A second 2026 session for medicine, dentistry and pharmacy, in November–December.Source: Ministry statement, 21 August 2026
  • As of October 2026, no call for applications to that dentistry session has been published. The only second-session call (1 September to 20 November) covers 4 allied-health specialities: speech therapy, optometry, psychomotor therapy and occupational therapy.Source: Lebanon Debate, 4 September 2026 · checked 7 October 2026
  • 2026 first session: applications 2 March to 15 June, equivalency by 30 April; written Friday 10 July, oral Monday 13 July, practical Tuesday 14 July.Source: 2026 timetable, published 20 January 2026
  • Past second-session dentistry written dates: 4 December 2021, 23 November 2022, 5 December 2024. A pattern, not a promise.Source: Published timetables, 2021, 2022 and 2024
  • Our projection, not announced If 2027 follows 2026: a timetable around late January, applications from about early March, and the written around mid-July.From the 2026 timetable

We'll update this page when the dentistry call for applications is published. Know your date? Count back from your oral.

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How should you prepare?

Work through the past papers set by set, review your mistakes, sit timed mocks and do oral flashcards daily, on a 12, 8 or 4-week schedule. Each covers the written and the oral together.

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12 weeks

Pass: 3 months + 1 free
  • Weeks 1–8: the papers set by set, 20 questions a day. Read every explanation, even for the ones you got right.
  • Every day: 10 oral flashcards.
  • Weeks 9–10: your mistakes and 1 full mock a week.
  • Weeks 11–12: 2 mocks a week, the oral summary and the cards you marked Again (not yet known).

8 weeks

Pass: 3 months + 1 free
  • Weeks 1–5: 32 questions a day.
  • Every day: 15 oral flashcards.
  • Week 6: your mistakes and 1 mock.
  • Weeks 7–8: 2 mocks a week and the oral summary.

4 weeks

Pass: 1 month if your oral is within a month of the day you pay, otherwise 3 months
  • Weeks 1–2: the official papers only, 75 questions a day. It's a lot, but you can do it.
  • Every day: 30 oral flashcards.
  • Week 3: your mistakes and 2 mocks.
  • Week 4: 1 mock, the oral summary and the cards you marked Again (not yet known).

Suggested schedules, not formulas. The oral comes a few days after the written (3 days in 2026), so the flashcards run alongside the questions from day one.

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Do questions come back?

Some questions come back. Most don't. On each 2020–2023 paper, between 3% and 27% of the questions had appeared on an earlier paper almost word for word. Of the 120 questions in the 2023 Board Exam set, none appeared on those papers. Learn why each answer is right, not which letter it was.

Our comparison of the 2019–2023 session papers in the question bank. Sets whose session isn't known can't be placed in time.