State licensure requirements
For dentist license requirements in District of Columbia, 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. 17 DCMR 4202.1 requires the applicant to have (a) completed a dental education program at a CODA-recognized institution at the time of graduation and (b) received a US (incl. US territories) or Canadian DDS or DMD degree. Exam signal: NBDE Parts I and II or the iNBDE, plus a Board-accepted regional clinical examination (e.g., ADEX; historically NERB/CDCA). WREB retired Dec 31, 2022. Confirm current requirements, application forms, score windows, endorsement eligibility, and foreign-trained exceptions with DC Board of Dentistry (DC Health, Department of Health).
Last verified 2026-07-08. Educational planning reference only; the board controls current applications, exam acceptance, endorsement eligibility, reciprocity, credentials, fees, and exceptions.
Advanced-standing CODA DDS/DMD only. 17 DCMR 4202.1 requires the applicant to have (a) completed a dental education program at a CODA-recognized institution at the time of graduation and (b) received a US (incl. US territories) or Canadian DDS or DMD degree. A foreign/non-CODA graduate must therefore complete a US/Canadian CODA advanced-standing DDS/DMD. A CODA GPR/AEGD residency alone does NOT satisfy the degree requirement.
NBDE Parts I and II or the iNBDE, plus a Board-accepted regional clinical examination (e.g., ADEX; historically NERB/CDCA). WREB retired Dec 31, 2022.
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.
No residency-only substitute for the required dental degree was isolated in this sourced state record.
17 DCMR 4202.1 language (US/Canadian CODA-recognized DDS/DMD required, degree must be US/US-territory/Canadian issued) was confirmed via secondary indexing of the DC Municipal Regulations; the source PDF (Chapter 42 Dentistry) could not be fully text-extracted, so exam specifics (NBDE vs iNBDE; ADEX vs NERB) should be verified directly on the DC Health application-documents page. Confidence set to medium pending direct read of the regulation PDF. No residency-only pathway found.
DC Board of Dentistry (DC Health, Department of Health)
