Mississippi dental board
Mississippi State Board of Dental Examiners is the official dental board source Dentovio links for Mississippi. Use the board link for final licensure decisions, and use Dentovio's independent page to jump to Mississippi CE requirements, renewal notes, and foreign-trained dentist pathway references. CE snapshot: Dentists: 40 hours / 2 years; hygienists: 20 hours / 2 years.
CE source
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No CE requirement — Board Regulation 41 (Continuing Education) applies only to dentists and dental hygienists; Mississippi does not license/register dental assistants with a CE-bearing credential.
Assistant CE pageForeign-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.
References
- https://www.dentalboard.ms.gov/
- https://www.dentalboard.ms.gov/sites/dentalboard/files/Reg.%2041%20-%20Updated%2011-14-2024.pdf
- https://www.dentalboard.ms.gov/frequently-asked-questions/continuing-education-frequently-asked-questions
- https://www.dentalboard.ms.gov/sites/dentalboard/files/Foreign%20Trained%20FAQ.pdf
- https://www.dentalboard.ms.gov/licensure-credentials-frequently-asked-questions
- https://www.ada.org/~/media/Project/ADA%20Organization/ADA/ADA-org/Files/Education/Licensure%20by%20State/Mississippi_Licensure