# Minnesota dental board

> Official board link and Dentovio's independent source-backed state references for Minnesota dental CE, license renewal, and foreign-trained dentist pathways.

URL: https://dentovio.com/dental-boards/minnesota

Last verified: 2026-07-08

Dentovio is not the Minnesota dental board. This is an independent educational directory; confirm final licensure, renewal, discipline, fee, form, and application decisions with the official board.

## Direct answer

Minnesota Board of Dentistry is the official dental board source Dentovio links for Minnesota. Use the board link for final licensure decisions, and use Dentovio's independent page to jump to Minnesota CE requirements, renewal notes, and foreign-trained dentist pathway references. CE snapshot: Dentists: 50 hours / 2 years; hygienists: 25 hours / 2 years.

## Official board links

- Official board: <https://mn.gov/boards/dentistry/>
- CE or renewal source used by Dentovio: <https://mn.gov/boards/dentistry/>

## Dentovio state references

- [Minnesota dental CE requirements](https://dentovio.com/ce-requirements/minnesota/index.html.md)
- [Minnesota online dental CE](https://dentovio.com/online-dental-ce/minnesota/index.html.md)
- [Minnesota dental license lookup](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-lookup/minnesota/index.html.md)
- [Minnesota dental license renewal](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-renewal/minnesota/index.html.md)
- [Minnesota dental license renewal CE requirements](https://dentovio.com/ce-requirements/minnesota/license-renewal/index.html.md)
- [Minnesota dentist CE requirements](https://dentovio.com/ce-requirements/minnesota/dentist/index.html.md)
- [Foreign-trained dentist license in Minnesota](https://dentovio.com/foreign-trained-dentist-license/minnesota/index.html.md)
- [Minnesota foreign-trained dentist residency pathway](https://dentovio.com/foreign-trained-dentist-license/minnesota/residency-pathway/index.html.md)

## CE snapshot

- Dentist: 50 hours / 2 years
- Dental hygienist: 25 hours / 2 years
- Dental assistant: Licensed Dental Assistants: 25 hours / 2 years (min 15 fundamental, max 10 elective) — same as hygienists. Dental therapists follow the 50-hr dentist track.

## Foreign-trained dentist pathway signal

Foreign-training EQUIVALENCY pathway — a full CODA advanced-standing DDS/DMD is NOT strictly required. Minn. Stat. §150A.06 Subd. 1 provides that a graduate of a dental college in another country 'must not be disqualified from examination solely because of the applicant's foreign training if the board determines that the training is equivalent to or higher than' a CODA-accredited dental college. Such an applicant may then sit the licensure exams (national board + clinical) and obtain a general dentist license. Foreign grads may also complete a U.S. CODA advanced-standing program (e.g., Univ. of Minnesota PASS) or a CODA specialty program. NOTE: The separate clinical-exam WAIVER for a completed CODA GPR/AEGD (Subd. 3(b) and PGY-1 waiver under Subd. 3b) is expressly limited to graduates of a CODA-accredited dental SCHOOL, so that residency clinical-waiver does not by itself cover a non-CODA foreign grad.

## References

- <https://mn.gov/boards/dentistry/>
- <https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/3100.5100/>
- <https://mn.gov/boards/dentistry/new-applicant/>
- <https://mn.gov/boards/dentistry/new-applicant/limited-general/index.jsp>
- <https://www.ada.org/~/media/Project/ADA%20Organization/ADA/ADA-org/Files/Education/Licensure%20by%20State/Minnesota_Licensure>

## Related

- [All dental boards by state](https://dentovio.com/dental-boards/index.html.md)
- [Online dental CE by state](https://dentovio.com/online-dental-ce/index.html.md)
- [Dental license lookup by state](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-lookup/index.html.md)
- [Dental license renewal by state](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-renewal/index.html.md)
- [Dental CE requirements by state](https://dentovio.com/ce-requirements/index.html.md)
- [Foreign-trained dentist licensure by state](https://dentovio.com/foreign-trained-dentist-licensure/index.html.md)