# Georgia dental license requirements

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

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

Last verified: 2026-07-08

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## Direct answer

For dentist license requirements in Georgia, 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. Per GA Rule 150-3-.04, a graduate of a NON-accredited (foreign, non-CODA) dental school must show proof of successful completion, as a full-time student, of the last two years of a pre-doctoral program at an. Exam signal: Written: iNBDE (or NBDE Part I & II, score 75+). Clinical: board-approved regional exam (ADEX [CDCA/CITA], CRDTS, or SRTA), patient- or manikin-based per Rule 150-3-.01. Plus a Georgia jurisprudence exam. WREB retired Dec 31 2022. Confirm current requirements, application forms, score windows, endorsement eligibility, and foreign-trained exceptions with Georgia Board of Dentistry.

## Education and pathway signal

Advanced-standing CODA DDS/DMD only. Per GA Rule 150-3-.04, a graduate of a NON-accredited (foreign, non-CODA) dental school must show proof of successful completion, as a full-time student, of the last two years of a pre-doctoral program at an ADA/CODA-accredited dental school (i.e., a US advanced-standing DDS/DMD program), plus certification from that school's dean of equivalent didactic and clinical competency. A CODA residency (GPR/AEGD) alone is NOT sufficient in lieu of the pre-doctoral degree.

## Exam signal

Written: iNBDE (or NBDE Part I & II, score 75+). Clinical: board-approved regional exam (ADEX [CDCA/CITA], CRDTS, or SRTA), patient- or manikin-based per Rule 150-3-.01. Plus a Georgia jurisprudence exam. 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

Rule 150-3-.04 governs non-accredited (foreign) school graduates: requires the last 2 years of a CODA pre-doctoral program as a full-time student. No GPR/AEGD-only route. Statutory basis O.C.G.A. 43-11-40(a)(1)(A)-(B).

## Official sources

- <https://gbd.georgia.gov/>
- <https://rules.sos.ga.gov/gac/150-3>
- <https://gbd.georgia.gov/faqs-other-information/dental-faqs>
- <https://www.ada.org/~/media/Project/ADA%20Organization/ADA/ADA-org/Files/Education/Licensure%20by%20State/Georgia_Licensure>

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