State licensure requirements
Alabama dental license requirements
For dentist license requirements in Alabama, Dentovio's sourced licensure record highlights education/pathway language, exam signals, and any residency, endorsement, reciprocity, or credentialing notes it could isolate. Education/pathway signal: Advanced-standing CODA DDS/DMD only. Code of Ala. § 34-9-10(a) requires every licensure applicant to be a graduate of a dental school accredited by the ADA Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). Exam signal: Written: NBDE Parts I & II, or the Integrated National Board Dental Examination (iNBDE), administered by JCNDE (per Rule 270-X-2-.01). Confirm current requirements, application forms, score windows, endorsement eligibility, and foreign-trained exceptions with Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama (BDEAL).
Last verified 2026-07-08. Educational planning reference only; the board controls current applications, exam acceptance, endorsement eligibility, reciprocity, credentials, fees, and exceptions.
Education and pathway
Advanced-standing CODA DDS/DMD only. Code of Ala. § 34-9-10(a) requires every licensure applicant to be a graduate of a dental school accredited by the ADA Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). A foreign/non-CODA graduate cannot be licensed on the foreign degree; they must earn a CODA-accredited DDS/DMD (typically via a 2+ year advanced-standing/international program). Completing only a residency does NOT cure a non-CODA initial degree for initial licensure. (A separate 1-year CODA residency is referenced in the licensure-by-credentials context, but credentialing requires an existing valid U.S. state license.)
Exam signal
Written: NBDE Parts I & II, or the Integrated National Board Dental Examination (iNBDE), administered by JCNDE (per Rule 270-X-2-.01). Clinical: a board-accepted regional exam — ADEX, CDCA-WREB-CITA, or CRDTS+SRTA (mannequin and patient-based portions accepted), passed within 5 years preceding application. Plus Alabama written jurisprudence examination.
Endorsement or reciprocity
(A separate 1-year CODA residency is referenced in the licensure-by-credentials context, but credentialing requires an existing valid U. Foreign applicants also face credential evaluation and English-proficiency steps.
Residency signal
No residency-only substitute for the required dental degree was isolated in this sourced state record.
