# Kansas dental license requirements

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

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

Last verified: 2026-07-08

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## Direct answer

For dentist license requirements in Kansas, 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 / supplemental CODA education (board practice), NOT a clean residency pathway in statute. Statute K.S.A. 65-1426 requires graduation from a board-approved dental school (schools held to CODA-equivalent standards); Exam signal: iNBDE (or NBDE Parts I & II) + a board-accepted clinical/OSCE licensure exam. Effective 1/1/2023 Kansas requires a patient- or manikin-based clinical exam including an OSCE plus endodontic, periodontic, prosthodontic and restorative. Confirm current requirements, application forms, score windows, endorsement eligibility, and foreign-trained exceptions with Kansas Dental Board.

## Education and pathway signal

Advanced-standing / supplemental CODA education (board practice), NOT a clean residency pathway in statute. Statute K.S.A. 65-1426 requires graduation from a board-approved dental school (schools held to CODA-equivalent standards); a graduate of a NON-approved (foreign) school may qualify by successfully completing 'a course of remedial or refresher instruction' at a board-approved dental school/college — the statute sets no fixed duration. Kansas Dental Board application guidance and secondary sources indicate this is applied in practice as completing at least two years in a CODA-accredited U.S. dental program; whether a CODA postgraduate residency (GPR/AEGD) alone satisfies it (vs. an advanced-standing DDS/DMD supplemental program) is NOT clearly stated and must be confirmed with the Board.

## Exam signal

iNBDE (or NBDE Parts I & II) + a board-accepted clinical/OSCE licensure exam. Effective 1/1/2023 Kansas requires a patient- or manikin-based clinical exam including an OSCE plus endodontic, periodontic, prosthodontic and restorative sections (accepted vendors include ADEX/CDCA, CRDTS, SRTA; WREB retired 12/31/2022). Kansas jurisprudence exam also required.

## 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

Dentovio marked the residency pathway as unclear from the available source record; verify directly with the board before relying on a residency route.

## Notes

Statute (K.S.A. 65-1426) only mandates a 'remedial or refresher' course at a board-approved school for non-approved-school graduates — it does NOT specify two years and does not name a residency. The '2 years in a CODA-accredited program' figure comes from Board application guidance / secondary sources, not the statute text. Confirm with the Kansas Dental Board (785-296-6400 / dental@ks.gov) whether a CODA GPR/AEGD residency satisfies the education requirement or whether an advanced-standing supplemental DDS/DMD program is required.

## Official sources

- <https://www.dental.ks.gov/dentists/applications>
- <https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch65/065_014_0026.html>
- <https://law.justia.com/codes/kansas/chapter-65/article-14/>
- <https://embrasurespace.com/guide-to-obtaining-a-dental-license-in-kansas/>

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