# Montana dental license requirements > Source-backed dentist licensure pathway, exam, residency, endorsement, reciprocity, and official-board signals for Montana. URL: https://dentovio.com/dental-license-requirements/montana 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 Montana Board of Dentistry (Dept. of Labor & Industry, Business Standards Division). ## Direct answer For dentist license requirements in Montana, 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. MCA 37-4-301 requires 'a certificate of graduation from a board-approved dental school,' and MCA 37-4-302 provides that in determining recognized dental colleges the board is guided by the standards of the Commission on. Exam signal: National board exam (iNBDE) plus a board-accepted regional clinical/practical examination per MCA 37-4-301 (WREB retired Dec 31 2022; ADEX/CDCA-type regional exams now used). Also a Montana jurisprudence component. Confirm current requirements, application forms, score windows, endorsement eligibility, and foreign-trained exceptions with Montana Board of Dentistry (Dept. of Labor & Industry, Business Standards Division). ## Education and pathway signal Advanced-standing CODA DDS/DMD only. MCA 37-4-301 requires 'a certificate of graduation from a board-approved dental school,' and MCA 37-4-302 provides that in determining recognized dental colleges the board is guided by the standards of the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). A foreign/non-accredited graduate must therefore obtain a CODA-recognized DDS/DMD (advanced standing). No statute or rule found allowing full licensure via a CODA residency (GPR/AEGD) alone. ## Exam signal National board exam (iNBDE) plus a board-accepted regional clinical/practical examination per MCA 37-4-301 (WREB retired Dec 31 2022; ADEX/CDCA-type regional exams now used). Also a Montana jurisprudence component. ## 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 Statute uses 'board-approved dental school'; approval is CODA-guided per 37-4-302, so effectively CODA is required. Confirm the specific accepted clinical exam(s) and any jurisprudence exam with the board's current application checklist. ## Official sources - - - - ## Related - [All dental license requirements by state](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-requirements/index.html.md) - [Dental license by state](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-by-state/index.html.md) - [Montana dental license reciprocity](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-reciprocity/montana/index.html.md) - [Montana dental licensure exams](https://dentovio.com/dental-licensure-exams/montana/index.html.md) - [Montana foreign-trained dentist licensure](https://dentovio.com/foreign-trained-dentist-license/montana/index.html.md) - [Montana dental board](https://dentovio.com/dental-boards/montana/index.html.md) - [Montana dental license lookup](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-lookup/montana/index.html.md) - [Montana dental license renewal](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-renewal/montana/index.html.md)