# Delaware dental license requirements

> Source-backed dentist licensure pathway, exam, residency, endorsement, reciprocity, and official-board signals for Delaware.

URL: https://dentovio.com/dental-license-requirements/delaware

Last verified: 2026-07-08

Dentovio is not a dental board. Confirm current application forms, education rules, exam acceptance, score windows, jurisprudence requirements, endorsement eligibility, reciprocity, credentialing, fees, and foreign-trained exceptions directly with Delaware Board of Dentistry and Dental Hygiene (Division of Professional Regulation).

## Direct answer

For dentist license requirements in Delaware, 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. 24 Del. C. 1122(a)(1) requires a DDS or DMD from a dental college/university accredited by CODA. Because CODA does not accredit dental schools outside the US/Canada, a foreign/non-CODA graduate must complete a US CODA. Exam signal: National Board Dental Examination (iNBDE, replacing NBDE Parts I/II) plus a Board-accepted clinical/practical examination (ADEX/CDCA family; WREB retired Dec 31, 2022). Confirm current requirements, application forms, score windows, endorsement eligibility, and foreign-trained exceptions with Delaware Board of Dentistry and Dental Hygiene (Division of Professional Regulation).

## Education and pathway signal

Advanced-standing CODA DDS/DMD only. 24 Del. C. 1122(a)(1) requires a DDS or DMD from a dental college/university accredited by CODA. Because CODA does not accredit dental schools outside the US/Canada, a foreign/non-CODA graduate must complete a US CODA DDS/DMD (typically a 2–3 year advanced-standing program). No CODA GPR/AEGD residency-only workaround exists.

## Exam signal

National Board Dental Examination (iNBDE, replacing NBDE Parts I/II) plus a Board-accepted clinical/practical examination (ADEX/CDCA family; WREB retired Dec 31, 2022).

## Endorsement, reciprocity, 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.

## Residency signal

No residency-only substitute for the required dental degree was isolated in this sourced state record.

## Notes

Board FAQ explicitly states a CODA-accredited degree is required and that ADA/CODA has not accredited schools outside US/Canada; no residency alternative. Confirm exact accepted clinical exam(s) and any faculty/academic-permit options directly with the Division of Professional Regulation.

## Official sources

- <https://dpr.delaware.gov/boards/dental/>
- <https://dpr.delaware.gov/boards/dental/faqs/>
- <https://dpr.delaware.gov/boards/dental/dentist_license/>
- <https://regulations.delaware.gov/AdminCode/title24/1100.shtml>
- <https://www.ada.org/resources/careers/licensure/licensure-for-the-international-dentists>

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