Mississippi dental board

Foreign-trained dentist pathway

CODA postdoctoral (2+ year) pathway — a full advanced-standing DDS/DMD repeat is NOT required, but foreign grads CANNOT use licensure-by-credentials (that is CODA-graduates only). Per Miss. Code Ann. §73-9-23(3), a foreign (non-ADA/CODA) graduate applies for licensure BY EXAMINATION and must: be 21+, be English-proficient, have completed ≥6 academic years of postsecondary study culminating in a foreign dental degree, have been licensed/admitted to practice in that foreign country, AND present documentation of completing at least 2 or more years of full-time POSTDOCTORAL dental education in a CODA-accredited dental program (completed after the general dental degree), with the program's dean certifying the applicant achieved the same didactic and clinical competence as a graduate of the school's predoctoral program.