New Mexico dental board
New Mexico Board of Dental Health Care (Regulation & Licensing Department) is the official dental board source Dentovio links for New Mexico. Use the board link for final licensure decisions, and use Dentovio's independent page to jump to New Mexico CE requirements, renewal notes, and foreign-trained dentist pathway references. CE snapshot: Dentists: 60 hours / 3 years (triennial); hygienists: 45 hours / 3 years (triennial).
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New Mexico Board of Dental Health Care (Regulation & Licensing Department)
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Advanced-standing CODA DDS/DMD (or equivalent CODA degree) required. NMSA 61-5A-12 and NMAC 16.5 require all dentist licensure applicants to have graduated and received a degree from a school of dentistry accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation. A CODA-accredited GPR/AEGD residency alone is not established as a standalone route to general licensure for a foreign (non-CODA) graduate — the underlying dental degree must be from a CODA-accredited school. (A separate CODA residency route exists only for specialty licensure.)
References
- https://www.rld.nm.gov/boards-and-commissions/individual-boards-and-commissions/dental-health-care/
- https://www.rld.nm.gov/boards-and-commissions/individual-boards-and-commissions/dental-health-care/instructors-training-requirements-and-continuing-education/
- https://www.rld.nm.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/16.005.0036-Dental-Assistants-Continuing-Education-Requirements.pdf
- https://www.toothnerd.com/post/new-mexico-dental-ce-requirements-for-license-renewal-complete-2026-guide
- https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/chapter-61/article-5a/section-61-5a-12/
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-mexico/N-M-Admin-Code-SS-16.5.8.9
- https://www.rld.nm.gov/boards-and-commissions/individual-boards-and-commissions/dental-health-care/faqs/
- https://www.srca.nm.gov/parts/title16/16.005.0008.html