# Missouri dental license requirements

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

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

Last verified: 2026-07-08

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## Direct answer

For dentist license requirements in Missouri, 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. RSMo 332.131 requires the applicant to be 'a graduate of and has a degree in dentistry from an accredited dental school.' A foreign (non-CODA) Exam signal: iNBDE (National Board Dental Examination). Clinical exam via an accepted regional board — Missouri accepts CDCA/ADEX, CITA, and other regional examining boards (WREB retired Dec 31 2022). Confirm current requirements, application forms, score windows, endorsement eligibility, and foreign-trained exceptions with Missouri Dental Board (Division of Professional Registration).

## Education and pathway signal

Advanced-standing CODA DDS/DMD only. RSMo 332.131 requires the applicant to be 'a graduate of and has a degree in dentistry from an accredited dental school.' A foreign (non-CODA) graduate qualifies for examination and registration only if their school is ADA/CODA-certified; a non-accredited grad must earn a CODA-accredited DDS/DMD (advanced-standing programs exist in-state at UMKC and ATSU/MOSDOH). No statutory pathway to full licensure via a CODA residency (GPR/AEGD) alone.

## Exam signal

iNBDE (National Board Dental Examination). Clinical exam via an accepted regional board — Missouri accepts CDCA/ADEX, CITA, and other regional examining boards (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

Missouri offers only a limited TEACHING license tailored to internationally trained dental educators employed at a CODA-accredited MO dental school — that is not a clinical/general license pathway. New online licensure system 'MOPRO' launched Jan 2025. Verify current clinical-exam acceptance list with the board.

## Official sources

- <https://pr.mo.gov/dental.asp>
- <https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=332.131>
- <https://www.ada.org/resources/careers/licensure/licensure-for-the-international-dentists>

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