# Maryland dental license requirements

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

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

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 Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners (Maryland Dept. of Health).

## Direct answer

For dentist license requirements in Maryland, 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 for full (general) licensure. Md. Code, Health Occ. §4-302(d) requires the applicant to HOLD a DDS/DMD (or equivalent) from a college authorized by a U.S. Exam signal: iNBDE (Integrated National Board Dental Examination; formerly NBDE Parts I & II) + ADEX clinical exam administered by CDCA-WREB-CITA. Maryland accepts the all-manikin OR live-patient version of the ADEX exam. (WREB was retired Dec 31 2022.) Confirm current requirements, application forms, score windows, endorsement eligibility, and foreign-trained exceptions with Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners (Maryland Dept. of Health).

## Education and pathway signal

Advanced-standing CODA DDS/DMD only for full (general) licensure. Md. Code, Health Occ. §4-302(d) requires the applicant to HOLD a DDS/DMD (or equivalent) from a college authorized by a U.S. state or a Canadian province and recognized by the Board — a foreign (non-CODA) degree does not qualify, so a foreign-trained dentist must complete a U.S. CODA-accredited advanced-standing DDS/DMD (2-3 years) to earn general licensure. The §4-303 education waiver applies ONLY to a LIMITED license (not general): it requires completion of at least 2 years of formal general clinical training in a U.S./Canadian degree-granting institution. There is no CODA GPR/AEGD residency shortcut to general licensure for foreign grads.

## Exam signal

iNBDE (Integrated National Board Dental Examination; formerly NBDE Parts I & II) + ADEX clinical exam administered by CDCA-WREB-CITA. Maryland accepts the all-manikin OR live-patient version of the ADEX exam. (WREB was 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

General licensure effectively requires a CODA advanced-standing DDS/DMD for foreign-trained dentists. A separate LIMITED license exists (§4-303 / §4-302(m)) requiring 2 years of formal general clinical training in a U.S./Canadian institution, but a limited license is restricted, not full general licensure. Verify current forms and any faculty/limited-license options directly with the Board (410-402-8500).

## Official sources

- <https://health.maryland.gov/dental/Pages/home.aspx>
- <https://www.ada.org/~/media/Project/ADA%20Organization/ADA/ADA-org/Files/Education/Licensure%20by%20State/Maryland_Licensure>
- <https://onestop.md.gov/licenses/board-of-dental-examiners-5d15409954f24d03e9997a58>

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