Tennessee dental board
Tennessee Board of Dentistry (TN Dept. of Health) is the official dental board source Dentovio links for Tennessee. Use the board link for final licensure decisions, and use Dentovio's independent page to jump to Tennessee 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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Registered Dental Assistants: 24 hours / 2 years (at least 2 hours chemical dependency education). Applies to registered dental assistants.
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No full license on a non-CODA degree; a restricted LIMITED LICENSE is available via an ADA-accredited SPECIALTY program (not GPR/AEGD). Rule 0460-02-.03 (Limited and Educational Limited Licensure): a graduate whose transcript shows the equivalent of a DDS/DMD, plus an ECE course-by-course evaluation showing the equivalent of 4 years of US dentistry study, plus 'certification of successful completion of a graduate training program in a recognized specialty branch of dentistry from an advanced specialty program accredited by the American Dental Association,' plus the National Board exam. This limited license restricts practice to ADA-accredited institutions / dental education programs or federally-designated health professional shortage areas (HPSAs). For UNRESTRICTED licensure by exam, TN requires a CODA-accredited DDS/DMD (i.e., a foreign grad would need an advanced-standing CODA DDS/DMD).
References
- https://www.tn.gov/health/health-program-areas/health-professional-boards/dentistry-board.html
- https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/den.html
- https://www.ada.org/en/education/licensure
- https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/rules/0460/0460-02.20230919.pdf
- https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/documents/DS_Instructions.pdf