Compare sourced state signals for licensure by credentials, endorsement, reciprocity, portability, universal licensing, out-of-state dentist pathways, and board-controlled exceptions.
Use Dentovio's license-by-credentials guide as a focused routing layer for out-of-state dentists comparing state signals for credentials, endorsement, reciprocity, portability, universal licensing, clinical-exam exceptions, and official board links. State boards control whether the pathway is called credentials, endorsement, reciprocity, or another application type, so treat Dentovio's rows as sourced planning signals, not eligibility decisions.
Jurisdictions
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State and D.C. records with official board links and sourced out-of-state licensure signals.
| State | Credentials signal | Exam or pathway context | State page | Board source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | (A separate 1-year CODA residency is referenced in the licensure-by-credentials context, but credentialing requires an existing valid U. Foreign applicants also face credential evaluation and English-proficiency steps. | Written: NBDE Parts I & II, or the Integrated National Board Dental Examination (iNBDE), administered by JCNDE (per Rule 270-X-2-.01). Clinical: a board-accepted regional... | Credentials | Board source |
| Alaska | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | Written: NBDE Part I & Part II, or the iNBDE (JCNDE). Clinical requirement satisfiable by (a) a regional clinical exam — ADEX, CDCA-WREB-CITA, or CRDTS+SRTA — passed with... | Credentials | Board source |
| Arizona | state ≥1 yr may instead use Universal Licensing Recognition / licensure by credential under A. | Written: national board examinations (iNBDE, which replaced NBDE Parts I & II). Clinical: a state/regional clinical exam accepted by the board — ADEX, CDCA-WREB-CITA, DLO... | Credentials | Board source |
| Arkansas | Under the board's Article IX (Credentials for Foreign Trained Dentists), a graduate of a non-CODA foreign dental school qualifies by EITHER (Option B) completing at least two predoctoral academic/clinical years at a CODA-accredite... | Written: National Board Dental Examination card from JCNDE (NBDE Parts I & II, now the iNBDE). Clinical: proof of passing a board-accepted clinical licensure examination ... | Credentials | Board source |
| California | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | Written: iNBDE (replaced NBDE Parts I & II). Pathways after obtaining a qualifying degree: (1) Licensure by ADEX — pass the ADEX dental examination (clinical + written co... | Credentials | Board source |
| Colorado | Colorado Dental Board Rule (3 CCR 709-1) requires a doctorate (DDS/DMD) from a CODA-approved (or, by reciprocity, CDAC-accredited) dental school. The only narrow exception is licensure by endorsement under the Occupational Credent... | Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations (iNBDE, which replaced NBDE Parts I/II) plus a Board-accepted clinical competency exam (ADEX/CDCA-WREB-CITA family; WREB ... | Credentials | Board source |
| Connecticut | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | National Board Dental Examination (now iNBDE, which replaced NBDE Parts I/II) plus successful completion of ALL components of a DPH/Dental Commission-approved regional cl... | Credentials | Board source |
| Delaware | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | National Board Dental Examination (iNBDE, replacing NBDE Parts I/II) plus a Board-accepted clinical/practical examination (ADEX/CDCA family; WREB retired Dec 31, 2022). | Credentials | Board source |
| District of Columbia | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | NBDE Parts I and II or the iNBDE, plus a Board-accepted regional clinical examination (e.g., ADEX; historically NERB/CDCA). WREB retired Dec 31, 2022. | Credentials | Board source |
| Florida | Florida has no reciprocity/endorsement/licensure-by-credentials. | National Board Dental Examination (Parts I and II / iNBDE), the ADEX Dental Licensing Examination (clinical; if taken outside Florida must be on/after Oct 2, 2011), and t... | Credentials | Board source |
| Georgia | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | Written: iNBDE (or NBDE Part I & II, score 75+). Clinical: board-approved regional exam (ADEX [CDCA/CITA], CRDTS, or SRTA), patient- or manikin-based per Rule 150-3-.01. ... | Credentials | Board source |
| Hawaii | CDAC (Canada) reciprocity does NOT qualify for DT licensure (may qualify for CSDT/DTT temporary/community-service types only). Hawaii does not license by reciprocity or specialty. | Written: iNBDE (or NBDE Part I & II). Clinical: must pass ALL 5 parts of the ADEX exam (including the optional 5th periodontal section); no other regional exam (CRDTS, SR... | Credentials | Board source |
| Idaho | License by credentials (54-916B) also requires CODA graduation. | Written: iNBDE (or NBDHE for hygiene) per IDAPA 24.31.01.100.02. Clinical: board-approved clinical exam (ADEX, CDCA-WREB-CITA, CRDTS+SRTA); post-04/01/2022 exams must inc... | Credentials | Board source |
| Illinois | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | Written: iNBDE (integrated National Board Dental Examination), per 225 ILCS 25/9(e). Clinical: a regional exam accepted per 68 Ill. Adm. Code 1220.120 — CDCA-WREB-CITA, C... | Credentials | Board source |
| Indiana | Endorsement (IC 25-14-1-16) also presumes a substantially-equivalent (CODA) education. | Written: national board dental examination (iNBDE / formerly NBDE), all sections. Clinical: one board-approved regional exam per 828 IAC 1-1-7 — CRDTS, NERB, SRTA, or WRE... | Credentials | Board source |
| Iowa | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | National board exam (iNBDE, formerly NBDE Parts I & II) + a board-accepted clinical exam (ADEX/CDCA, CRDTS, etc.; WREB retired 12/31/2022). English proficiency (e.g., TOE... | Credentials | Board source |
| Kansas | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | iNBDE (or NBDE Parts I & II) + a board-accepted clinical/OSCE licensure exam. Effective 1/1/2023 Kansas requires a patient- or manikin-based clinical exam including an OS... | Credentials | Board source |
| Kentucky | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | National Board Dental Examination (iNBDE / NBDE) + one regional clinical examination taken within the 5 years preceding application: CDCA-WREB-CITA, CRDTS, DLOSCE, or SRT... | Credentials | Board source |
| Louisiana | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | National board exam (NBDE / iNBDE) + the ADEX clinical examination (must be completed within 5 years of applying for licensure by examination) + the Louisiana jurispruden... | Credentials | Board source |
| Maine | ' Since 2020 the Board reviews non-CODA foreign credentials case-by-case for educational equivalency; a foreign-trained dentist is licensable if the Board determines their education is equivalent (rather than being required to com... | National Dental Board Examination (iNBDE / NBDE or its successor) + all sections of a Board-approved regional or state clinical examination (ADEX, CDCA-WREB-CITA, CRDTS, ... | Credentials | Board source |
| Maryland | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | iNBDE (Integrated National Board Dental Examination; formerly NBDE Parts I & II) + ADEX clinical exam administered by CDCA-WREB-CITA. Maryland accepts the all-manikin OR ... | Credentials | Board source |
| Massachusetts | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | iNBDE (NBDE Parts I & II per 234 CMR 4.03(5)(a)) + ADEX clinical exam administered by CDCA-WREB-CITA (234 CMR 4.03(5)(b)); patient-based periodontal examination required,... | Credentials | Board source |
| Michigan | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | NBDE (or iNBDE, which replaced the NBDE) conducted/scored by the JCNDE + ADEX clinical (written and clinical) administered by CDCA-WREB-CITA or another Board-approved reg... | Credentials | Board source |
| Minnesota | Credentials must be evaluated (e. , Foreign Credentials Service of America). | iNBDE / all components of the National Board Dental Examinations + a board-approved clinical exam: ADEX (via CDCA-WREB-CITA), CRDTS, or SRTA — all clinical components (in... | Credentials | Board source |
| Mississippi | 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). Foreign grads are barred from licensure-by-credent... | NBDE Parts I & II (or successor — i.e., iNBDE) of the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations (waived only for pre-1960 graduates). A clinical/regional exam is a... | Credentials | Board source |
| Missouri | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | iNBDE (National Board Dental Examination). Clinical exam via an accepted regional board — Missouri accepts CDCA/ADEX, CITA, and other regional examining boards (WREB reti... | Credentials | Board source |
| Montana | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | National board exam (iNBDE) plus a board-accepted regional clinical/practical examination per MCA 37-4-301 (WREB retired Dec 31 2022; ADEX/CDCA-type regional exams now us... | Credentials | Board source |
| Nebraska | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | iNBDE, or both Part I and Part II of the NBDE (per 38-1117). Clinical competency demonstrated via a board-approved simulation/manikin-based psychomotor clinical exam (per... | Credentials | Board source |
| Nevada | (Nevada is also non-reciprocity. | NBDE/iNBDE (written) plus a board-approved clinical examination — ADEX-based (WREB retired Dec 31 2022) per NRS 631.240 — and a written exam on Nevada law (Ch. 631) and b... | Credentials | Board source |
| New Hampshire | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | iNBDE (National Board), plus the ADEX clinical examination (or another regional/state clinical exam acceptable to the Board taken within the last 3 years); the ADEX writt... | Credentials | Board source |
| New Jersey | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | National Board Dental Examination Parts I and II (now iNBDE for those who did not complete NBDE) plus a Board-accepted clinical exam. NJ historically accepted NERB/ADEX (... | Credentials | Board source |
| New Mexico | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | Dental National Board Examination (NBDE/iNBDE) plus a Board-accepted clinical examination (historically WREB/CRDT/SRTA/ADEX-NERB) and the New Mexico jurisprudence exam. W... | Credentials | Board source |
| New York | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | National Board Dental Examination Parts I and II / iNBDE (scores sent directly from the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations) plus a Board-accepted clinical e... | Credentials | Board source |
| North Carolina | 0501 (licensure by credentials), an applicant who graduated with a certificate or degree from a CODA-accredited ADVANCED DENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM (e. , GPR, AEGD, or a CODA specialty program) satisfies the educational credentials ... | Board-approved written exam (NBDE/iNBDE) and Board-approved clinical examination. NC accepts ADEX-based clinical exams (CDCA-WREB / CITA). WREB retired Dec 31, 2022. Conf... | Credentials | Board source |
| North Dakota | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | Passing score on an exam administered by the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations (NBDE/iNBDE) or the National Dental Examining Board of Canada, plus a Board-... | Credentials | Board source |
| Ohio | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | NBDE Parts I & II OR iNBDE; a Board-accepted regional/state clinical examination (ADEX/CDCA/CITA/CRDTS/SRTA) OR five years of active practice in another jurisdiction in l... | Credentials | Board source |
| Oklahoma | Reciprocity/credentials route (195:10-5) requires an existing US license plus 5 years of practice and does not create a residency-only pathway for the foreign-degree holder. | National Board Dental Examination Parts I & II (or iNBDE); a Board-approved clinical examination (CDCA/ADEX, WREB legacy, CRDTS, SRTA, CITA — Board may determine equivale... | Credentials | Board source |
| Oregon | So a 2-year CODA GPR can substitute for repeating dental school — but this route also requires an active unrestricted out-of-state license plus 3,500 clinical practice hours in the preceding 5 years. | Passage of a Board-accepted dental clinical examination (ADEX/CDCA/WREB-legacy/CRDTS/SRTA/CITA) and English-language proficiency; national board (NBDE/iNBDE) per Board ru... | Credentials | Board source |
| Pennsylvania | at a nonaccredited (non-CODA) school must submit credentials to a CODA-accredited (or provisionally accredited) dental school and obtain additional preclinical and clinical training leading to the award of a D. | National Board Dental Examination (NBDE Parts I & II / iNBDE); a Board-approved clinical/practical examination administered by an approved testing agency (ADEX, CDCA, CRD... | Credentials | Board source |
| Rhode Island | NBDE Parts I & II (or iNBDE); ADEX exam (including the periodontal portion) within 5 years of application, scored via CDCA methods; OR a Board-approved equivalent clinical exam with 75% in each area; OR the CDCA Dental Simulated C... | NBDE Parts I & II (or iNBDE); ADEX exam (including the periodontal portion) within 5 years of application, scored via CDCA methods; OR a Board-approved equivalent clinica... | Credentials | Board source |
| South Carolina | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | National Board (JCNDE) — NBDE Parts I & II or the iNBDE; plus a regional clinical exam. SC accepts ADEX, CDCA-WREB-CITA, CRDTS+SRTA. (WREB was retired Dec 31, 2022.) SC j... | Credentials | Board source |
| South Dakota | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | National Board (JCNDE) — NBDE Parts I & II or the iNBDE; plus a board-approved clinical competency exam (patient-, simulation-, or manikin-based) — SD accepts ADEX (CDCA-... | Credentials | Board source |
| Tennessee | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | National Board (JCNDE) — NBDE Parts I & II or the iNBDE; plus (for standard licensure by exam) a board-approved regional clinical exam — ADEX/CDCA, SRTA, CRDTS, CITA acce... | Credentials | Board source |
| Texas | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | National Board — NBDE Parts I & II or the iNBDE (electronically validated); plus a general-dentistry regional clinical exam dated within 7 years — TSBDE validates ADEX an... | Credentials | Board source |
| Utah | (Note: a recent Utah immigrant-professional/endorsement initiative may create case-by-case flexibility, but that is not a codified foreign-graduate licensure route — verify current status with DOPL. Watch Utah's newer immigrant-pr... | National Board — NBDE Parts I & II or the iNBDE (JCNDE); plus a regional clinical licensure exam covering perio, endo, operative, class 2/3 restoration, and prosthodontic... | Credentials | Board source |
| Vermont | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | Written: NBDE Parts I & II, or iNBDE, or the written exam of the National Dental Examining Board of Canada. Clinical: ADEX administered by CDCA or CITA (not incl. optiona... | Credentials | Board source |
| Virginia | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | National board (iNBDE / NBDE) plus a clinical competency examination per Board guidance document 60-25; ADEX-based clinical exams (CDCA/CITA) and other Board-accepted reg... | Credentials | Board source |
| Washington | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | Written: iNBDE, or NBDE Parts I & II, or the Canadian NDEB exam. Clinical: ADEX, CDCA, CITA, WREB, SRTA, CRDTS, or DLOSCE (results within 5 years) — OR the qualifying WA-... | Credentials | Board source |
| West Virginia | Dentovio did not isolate a licensure-by-endorsement, reciprocity, credentialing, or portability signal in this sourced state record. Verify current out-of-state license options directly with the dental board. | National board exam by the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations (JCNDE) — iNBDE/NBDE; plus a clinical exam administered by CDCA, CRDTS, CITA, SRTA, or WREB (o... | Credentials | Board source |
| Wisconsin | The rule does NOT list a 1-year GPR/AEGD residency as a standalone licensure pathway (some secondary sources claiming an AEGD/GPR endorsement route appear inaccurate; the same 2-year-supplemental standard governs endorsement under... | National dental examination via the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations (iNBDE/NBDE) plus an approved dental testing service clinical exam: ADEX (CDCA-WREB-C... | Credentials | Board source |
| Wyoming | GPR/AEGD/specialty residency is referenced ONLY in the endorsement track (Sec. | iNBDE required (rules explicitly cite 'successful passage of the INDBE'; iNBDE replaced NBDE Parts I/II). Clinical exam: a regional exam demonstrating competency in endod... | Credentials | Board source |
