State licensure requirements
Maine dental license requirements
For dentist license requirements in Maine, 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: Case-by-case 'educational equivalent' review — NOT a strict advanced-standing-DDS-only rule, and no explicit fixed CODA-residency requirement. By statute (32 M.R.S. §18342) a dentist applicant must verify a doctoral degree (DMD/DDS) Exam signal: National Dental Board Examination (iNBDE / NBDE or its successor) + all sections of a Board-approved regional or state clinical examination (ADEX, CDCA-WREB-CITA, CRDTS, SRTA) + the Maine jurisprudence examination (must score 90%). Confirm current requirements, application forms, score windows, endorsement eligibility, and foreign-trained exceptions with Maine Board of Dental Practice.
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
Case-by-case 'educational equivalent' review — NOT a strict advanced-standing-DDS-only rule, and no explicit fixed CODA-residency requirement. By statute (32 M.R.S. §18342) a dentist applicant must verify a doctoral degree (DMD/DDS) from a CODA-accredited program OR 'the educational equivalent of a doctoral degree in dentistry, as determined by the board.' Since 2020 the Board reviews non-CODA foreign credentials case-by-case for educational equivalency; a foreign-trained dentist is licensable if the Board determines their education is equivalent (rather than being required to complete a specific CODA advanced-standing DDS/DMD or a named residency). Endorsement pathways also exist for those already licensed elsewhere (incl. foreign jurisdictions) with a substantially equivalent license held 3 consecutive years, or substantially-similar qualifications.
Exam signal
National Dental Board Examination (iNBDE / NBDE or its successor) + all sections of a Board-approved regional or state clinical examination (ADEX, CDCA-WREB-CITA, CRDTS, SRTA) + the Maine jurisprudence examination (must score 90%). (WREB retired 12/31/2022.)
Endorsement or reciprocity
' Since 2020 the Board reviews non-CODA foreign credentials case-by-case for educational equivalency; a foreign-trained dentist is licensable if the Board determines their education is equivalent (rather than being required to complete a specific CODA advanced-standing DDS/DMD or a named residency). Endorsement pathways also exist for those already licensed elsewhere (incl.
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.
