What is the Maine dental board?

Maine Board of Dental Practice is the official dental board source Dentovio links for Maine. Use the board link for final licensure decisions, and use Dentovio's independent page to jump to Maine CE requirements, renewal notes, and foreign-trained dentist pathway references. CE snapshot: Dentists: 40 hours / 2 years; hygienists: 30 hours / 2 years.

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Maine

Maine dental board

The Maine dental board is the official source for final licensure decisions. Its site and Dentovio's independent state references are below.

Official board

Maine Board of Dental Practice

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CE source

Dentovio uses this board or renewal source for the Maine CE summary.

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Dentist CE

40 hours / 2 years

Dentist CE page

Hygienist CE

30 hours / 2 years

Hygienist CE page

Assistant CE

Expanded Function Dental Assistant (EFDA): 50 hours / 5 years. Dental Radiographer (RAD): no CE hours, current CPR only.

Assistant CE page

Foreign-trained dentist pathway

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) from a CODA-accredited program OR 'the educational equivalent of a doctoral degree in dentistry, as determined by the board.' Since 2020 the Board reviews non-CODA foreign credentials case-by-case for educational equivalency; a foreign-trained dentist is licensable if the Board determines their education is equivalent (rather than being required to complete a specific CODA advanced-standing DDS/DMD or a named residency). Endorsement pathways also exist for those already licensed elsewhere (incl. foreign jurisdictions) with a substantially equivalent license held 3 consecutive years, or substantially-similar qualifications.

Licensure page Residency pathway

References

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