# Louisiana dental license reciprocity and endorsement

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

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

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 Louisiana State Board of Dentistry.

## Direct answer

For dental license reciprocity or licensure by endorsement in Louisiana, 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 exam (NBDE / iNBDE) + the ADEX clinical examination (must be completed within 5 years of applying for licensure by examination) + the Louisiana jurisprudence exam. (WREB retired 12/31/2022; ADEX is administered via CDCA/CITA.) Confirm the current endorsement, credentials, portability, application, exam, score-age, and foreign-trained exceptions directly with Louisiana State 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 postgraduate program (residency) pathway ACCEPTED — no repeat DDS/DMD required. An applicant who did NOT attend an accredited (CODA) dental school/college must successfully complete a post-graduate CODA-approved program in either general dentistry OR one of the board-approved specialties, consisting of at least two consecutive years at the same institution (the Board does not accept an accumulation of shorter programs to meet this). This is a residency/postgraduate pathway, not an advanced-standing undergraduate DDS/DMD.

## Related exam context

National board exam (NBDE / iNBDE) + the ADEX clinical examination (must be completed within 5 years of applying for licensure by examination) + the Louisiana jurisprudence exam. (WREB retired 12/31/2022; ADEX is administered via CDCA/CITA.)

## Notes

The '2 consecutive years, same institution, general dentistry or board-approved specialty' postgraduate CODA program requirement for non-accredited-school graduates is well-supported by the ADA Louisiana Laws & Rules compilation and the LA Administrative Code (Title 46, Part XXXIII). Confidence held at medium because the exact controlling section number could not be quoted from a clean official source in this pass (the LSBD site and LII pages were partly non-parseable / directory-only). Verify the specific LAC 46:XXXIII citation and current wording with the Board (iris@lsbd.org / alexx@lsbd.org, 504-568-8574).

## Official sources

- <https://www.lsbd.org/>
- <https://www.lsbd.org/licenseinfo.htm>
- <https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/louisiana/La-Admin-Code-tit-46-SS-XXXIII-306>
- <https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/louisiana/La-Admin-Code-tit-46-SS-XXXIII-1709>
- <https://www.ada.org/~/media/Project/ADA%20Organization/ADA/ADA-org/Files/Education/Licensure%20by%20State/Louisiana_Licensure>

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