# Kentucky dental license reciprocity and endorsement > Source-backed out-of-state dentist licensure, endorsement, reciprocity, credentials, portability, and official-board signals for Kentucky. URL: https://dentovio.com/dental-license-reciprocity/kentucky 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 Kentucky Board of Dentistry. ## Direct answer For dental license reciprocity or licensure by endorsement in Kentucky, Dentovio's sourced state record highlights this out-of-state license signal: 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. Related pathway and exam context: National Board Dental Examination (iNBDE / NBDE) + one regional clinical examination taken within the 5 years preceding application: CDCA-WREB-CITA, CRDTS, DLOSCE, or SRTA. TOEFL required if English is not the applicant's primary language. Confirm the current endorsement, credentials, portability, application, exam, score-age, and foreign-trained exceptions directly with Kentucky Board of Dentistry. ## Reciprocity, endorsement, or credentials signal 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. ## Related pathway context CODA residency (GPR / postgraduate general dentistry) pathway ACCEPTED — no repeat of dental school required. Kentucky offers a distinct 'Licensure by International Training' pathway for graduates of non-CODA-accredited (foreign) dental schools: applicant completes TWO years of post-graduate training in a CODA-accredited general dentistry program (a residency), rather than an advanced-standing DDS/DMD. ## Related exam context National Board Dental Examination (iNBDE / NBDE) + one regional clinical examination taken within the 5 years preceding application: CDCA-WREB-CITA, CRDTS, DLOSCE, or SRTA. TOEFL required if English is not the applicant's primary language. Kentucky jurisprudence exam also required. (WREB retired 12/31/2022; CDCA-WREB-CITA is the merged successor.) ## Notes Clearest residency pathway of the five. Confirmed on the official board Initial Licensure page: 2-year CODA-accredited general dentistry postgraduate program + regional clinical exam + TOEFL (if applicable). Board contact: (502) 429-7280. ## Official sources - - - ## Related - [All dental license reciprocity and endorsement states](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-reciprocity/index.html.md) - [Dental license transfer by state](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-transfer-by-state/index.html.md) - [Dental license by endorsement by state](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-by-endorsement-by-state/index.html.md) - [Dental license by credentials by state](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-by-credentials-by-state/index.html.md) - [Dentist and dental hygienist compact states](https://dentovio.com/dentist-and-dental-hygienist-compact-states/index.html.md) - [Dental license by state](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-by-state/index.html.md) - [Kentucky dental license requirements](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-requirements/kentucky/index.html.md) - [Kentucky dental licensure exams](https://dentovio.com/dental-licensure-exams/kentucky/index.html.md) - [Kentucky dental board](https://dentovio.com/dental-boards/kentucky/index.html.md) - [Kentucky dental license lookup](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-lookup/kentucky/index.html.md) - [Kentucky dental license renewal](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-renewal/kentucky/index.html.md)