Reciprocity and endorsement
For dental license reciprocity or licensure by endorsement in Maine, Dentovio's sourced state record highlights this out-of-state license signal: ' 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 complete a specific CODA advanced-standing DDS/DMD or a named residency). Related pathway and exam context: 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, SRTA) + the Maine jurisprudence examination (must score 90%). (WREB retired 12/31/2022.) Confirm the current endorsement, credentials, portability, application, exam, score-age, and foreign-trained exceptions directly with Maine Board of Dental Practice.
Last verified 2026-07-08. Educational planning reference only; the board controls current reciprocity, endorsement, credentialing, portability, exam exceptions, forms, fees, and final approvals.
' 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 complete a specific CODA advanced-standing DDS/DMD or a named residency). Endorsement pathways also exist for those already licensed elsewhere (incl.
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, SRTA) + the Maine jurisprudence examination (must score 90%). (WREB retired 12/31/2022.)
Maine does not fit the task's binary cleanly: it neither mandates a fixed 2-year advanced-standing DDS/DMD nor names a CODA GPR/AEGD residency requirement. Instead the Board makes a case-by-case 'educational equivalency' determination for non-CODA foreign degrees (32 M.R.S. §18342(1)(A); Board Rules 02-313 Ch. 6). Whether a CODA residency specifically satisfies equivalency is at Board discretion and should be confirmed directly (Maine Board of Dental Practice, 207-287-3333, dental.board@maine.gov). Confidence medium: statute wording confirmed from the ADA Maine Laws & Rules compilation (updated 11/29/2025), but the equivalency determination is discretionary and not reducible to a fixed pathway.
Maine Board of Dental Practice
