# Maine dental license requirements

Answer: For dentist license requirements in Maine, Dentovio's sourced licensure record highlights education/pathway language, exam signals, and any residency, endorsement, reciprocity, or credentialing notes it could isolate. Education/pathway signal: Case-by-case 'educational equivalent' review — NOT a strict advanced-standing-DDS-only rule, and no explicit fixed CODA-residency requirement. By statute (32 M.R.S. §18342) a dentist applicant must verify a doctoral degree (DMD/DDS) Exam signal: National Dental Board Examination (iNBDE / NBDE or its successor) + all sections of a Board-approved regional or state clinical examination (ADEX, CDCA-WREB-CITA, CRDTS, SRTA) + the Maine jurisprudence examination (must score 90%). Confirm current requirements, application forms, score windows, endorsement eligibility, and foreign-trained exceptions with Maine Board of Dental Practice.

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## Direct answer

For dentist license requirements in Maine, Dentovio's sourced licensure record highlights education/pathway language, exam signals, and any residency, endorsement, reciprocity, or credentialing notes it could isolate. Education/pathway signal: Case-by-case 'educational equivalent' review — NOT a strict advanced-standing-DDS-only rule, and no explicit fixed CODA-residency requirement. By statute (32 M.R.S. §18342) a dentist applicant must verify a doctoral degree (DMD/DDS) Exam signal: National Dental Board Examination (iNBDE / NBDE or its successor) + all sections of a Board-approved regional or state clinical examination (ADEX, CDCA-WREB-CITA, CRDTS, SRTA) + the Maine jurisprudence examination (must score 90%). Confirm current requirements, application forms, score windows, endorsement eligibility, and foreign-trained exceptions with Maine Board of Dental Practice.

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Source citations:
- `DENTAL-LICENSE-MAINE-1` Maine dental license requirement source 1. <https://www.maine.gov/dental/>
- `DENTAL-LICENSE-MAINE-2` Maine dental license requirement source 2. <https://www.maine.gov/dental/licensure/license-types.html>
- `DENTAL-LICENSE-MAINE-3` Maine dental license requirement source 3. <https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/32/title32ch16sec0.html>
- `DENTAL-LICENSE-MAINE-4` Maine dental license requirement source 4. <https://www.ada.org/~/media/Project/ADA%20Organization/ADA/ADA-org/Files/Education/Licensure%20by%20State/Maine_Licensure>

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