# Alabama dental license reciprocity and endorsement

> Source-backed out-of-state dentist licensure, endorsement, reciprocity, credentials, portability, and official-board signals for Alabama.

URL: https://dentovio.com/dental-license-reciprocity/alabama

Last verified: 2026-07-08

Dentovio is not a dental board. Confirm current endorsement eligibility, reciprocity language, credentialing rules, portability rules, forms, fees, exam or score-age exceptions, and foreign-trained exceptions directly with Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama (BDEAL).

## Direct answer

For dental license reciprocity or licensure by endorsement in Alabama, Dentovio's sourced state record highlights this out-of-state license signal: (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. Related pathway and exam context: 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 exam — ADEX, CDCA-WREB-CITA, or CRDTS+SRTA (mannequin and patient-based portions. Confirm the current endorsement, credentials, portability, application, exam, score-age, and foreign-trained exceptions directly with Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama (BDEAL).

## Reciprocity, endorsement, or credentials signal

(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.

## Related pathway context

Advanced-standing CODA DDS/DMD only. Code of Ala. § 34-9-10(a) requires every licensure applicant to be a graduate of a dental school accredited by the ADA Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). A foreign/non-CODA graduate cannot be licensed on the foreign degree; they must earn a CODA-accredited DDS/DMD (typically via a 2+ year advanced-standing/international program). Completing only a residency does NOT cure a non-CODA initial degree for initial licensure. (A separate 1-year CODA residency is referenced in the licensure-by-credentials context, but credentialing requires an existing valid U.S. state license.)

## Related exam context

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 exam — ADEX, CDCA-WREB-CITA, or CRDTS+SRTA (mannequin and patient-based portions accepted), passed within 5 years preceding application. Plus Alabama written jurisprudence examination.

## Notes

Statutory education requirement (§ 34-9-10(a)) is unambiguously CODA-graduate-based, so there is no residency-only route to initial licensure for a foreign non-CODA grad. Foreign applicants also face credential evaluation and English-proficiency steps. WREB was retired Dec 31, 2022; CDCA-WREB-CITA reflects the merged entity. Confirm current accepted clinical exams and forms directly with BDEAL before relying.

## Official sources

- <https://dentalboard.org/>
- <https://dentalboard.org/state-licensure-applications/>
- <https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-34/chapter-9/article-1/section-34-9-10/>
- <https://admincode.legislature.state.al.us/administrative-code/270-X-2-.19>
- <https://www.ada.org/~/media/Project/ADA%20Organization/ADA/ADA-org/Files/Education/Licensure%20by%20State/Alabama_Licensure>

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