# New York dental license reciprocity and endorsement

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

URL: https://dentovio.com/dental-license-reciprocity/new-york

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 New York State Board for Dentistry (NYSED Office of the Professions).

## Direct answer

For dental license reciprocity or licensure by endorsement in New York, 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 Parts I and II / iNBDE (scores sent directly from the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations) plus a Board-accepted clinical examination (NY accepts ADEX/CDCA). Confirm the current endorsement, credentials, portability, application, exam, score-age, and foreign-trained exceptions directly with New York State Board for Dentistry (NYSED Office of the Professions).

## 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

Advanced-standing CODA DDS/DMD required — a residency does NOT replace dental school. A graduate of an unaccredited/unregistered foreign dental school must complete not less than two academic years of study in a registered/CODA-accredited dental school program (advanced-standing) and earn the DDS/DMD. Note: NY also requires ALL initial licensees (including U.S. grads) to complete an approved dental residency of at least one year, but for foreign grads this 1-year residency is IN ADDITION to the 2-year advanced-standing program, not a substitute for it.

## Related exam context

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 examination (NY accepts ADEX/CDCA). Plus mandatory 1-year CODA-approved residency and NYS coursework (e.g., child abuse, infection control). WREB retired Dec 31, 2022.

## Notes

Two distinct residency facts are easy to conflate: (1) the universal 1-year post-DDS residency required of all NY licensees, and (2) whether a residency lets a foreign grad skip dental school — it does not. Foreign grads need the 2-year advanced-standing CODA degree. Verify current iNBDE/clinical-exam acceptance with the Board.

## Official sources

- <https://www.op.nysed.gov/professions/dentists/license-requirements>
- <https://www.ada.org/resources/careers/licensure/licensure-for-the-international-dentists>

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