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foreign trained dentist license California
California requires a Board- or CODA-approved DDS/DMD path before general dentist licensure; a CODA residency can be a clinical-exam alternative after a qualifying degree, but it does not let a raw non-CODA foreign dental degree bypass the approved-degree requirement.
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- FOREIGN-LICENSURE-CALIFORNIA-1 California foreign-trained dentist licensure source 1 (dbc.ca.gov)
- FOREIGN-LICENSURE-CALIFORNIA-2 California foreign-trained dentist licensure source 2 (dbc.ca.gov)
- FOREIGN-LICENSURE-CALIFORNIA-3 California foreign-trained dentist licensure source 3 (dbc.ca.gov)
- FOREIGN-LICENSURE-CALIFORNIA-4 California foreign-trained dentist licensure source 4 (ada.org)