# West Virginia dental license reciprocity and endorsement > Source-backed out-of-state dentist licensure, endorsement, reciprocity, credentials, portability, and official-board signals for West Virginia. URL: https://dentovio.com/dental-license-reciprocity/west-virginia 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 West Virginia Board of Dentistry. ## Direct answer For dental license reciprocity or licensure by endorsement in West Virginia, 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 by the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations (JCNDE) — iNBDE/NBDE; plus a clinical exam administered by CDCA, CRDTS, CITA, SRTA, or WREB (or successor); plus the West Virginia Dental Law exam. Confirm the current endorsement, credentials, portability, application, exam, score-age, and foreign-trained exceptions directly with West Virginia 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 Advanced-standing-style CODA program required (2+ years), which functions as a residency route only if it is a 2-year advanced program: W.Va. CSR 5-1-3.5 lets the Board license a foreign-dental-school graduate who holds certification of a TWO-YEAR (or more) advanced general dentistry training program from a US/Canadian CODA-accredited school; 5-1-3.6 similarly allows a 2-year (or more) CODA-accredited dental specialty advanced education program. A one-year GPR/AEGD alone does NOT confer full licensure. Without such 2-year CODA training, foreign-trained dentists are limited to intern/resident/teaching permits (5-1-3.3/3.4). ## Related exam context National board exam by the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations (JCNDE) — iNBDE/NBDE; plus a clinical exam administered by CDCA, CRDTS, CITA, SRTA, or WREB (or successor); plus the West Virginia Dental Law exam. ## Notes Board policy explicitly declined to grant full licensure to foreign-trained, US-board-certified specialists without a clinical board exam (WV biennium report). So the accepted route is a 2+ year CODA advanced general dentistry OR specialty program PLUS the required national + clinical exams. This is more restrictive than a 1-year GPR/AEGD pathway. Board contact toll-free (877) 914-8266. ## 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) - [West Virginia dental license requirements](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-requirements/west-virginia/index.html.md) - [West Virginia dental licensure exams](https://dentovio.com/dental-licensure-exams/west-virginia/index.html.md) - [West Virginia dental board](https://dentovio.com/dental-boards/west-virginia/index.html.md) - [West Virginia dental license lookup](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-lookup/west-virginia/index.html.md) - [West Virginia dental license renewal](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-renewal/west-virginia/index.html.md)