# New Jersey dental license requirements > Source-backed dentist licensure pathway, exam, residency, endorsement, reciprocity, and official-board signals for New Jersey. URL: https://dentovio.com/dental-license-requirements/new-jersey 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 New Jersey State Board of Dentistry (Division of Consumer Affairs). ## Direct answer For dentist license requirements in New Jersey, 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. Graduates of dental programs outside the U.S./Canada (non-CODA) must complete two years of additional training in a CODA-approved program and receive a D.D.S. or D.M.D. degree. There is no CODA-residency-alone (GPR/AEGD) Exam signal: National Board Dental Examination Parts I and II (now iNBDE for those who did not complete NBDE) plus a Board-accepted clinical exam. NJ historically accepted NERB/ADEX (CDCA) clinical exams. WREB was retired Dec 31, 2022. Confirm current requirements, application forms, score windows, endorsement eligibility, and foreign-trained exceptions with New Jersey State Board of Dentistry (Division of Consumer Affairs). ## Education and pathway signal Advanced-standing CODA DDS/DMD only. Graduates of dental programs outside the U.S./Canada (non-CODA) must complete two years of additional training in a CODA-approved program and receive a D.D.S. or D.M.D. degree. There is no CODA-residency-alone (GPR/AEGD) pathway to full general licensure — a residency does not replace the advanced-standing dental degree. ## Exam signal National Board Dental Examination Parts I and II (now iNBDE for those who did not complete NBDE) plus a Board-accepted clinical exam. NJ historically accepted NERB/ADEX (CDCA) clinical exams. WREB was retired Dec 31, 2022. Verify current accepted clinical exam and iNBDE transition status directly with the Board. ## 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 The Board FAQ and N.J.A.C. 13:30-1.2 require a CODA-accredited dental degree; foreign grads must earn a CODA DDS/DMD via a 2-year advanced-standing program. Exact current exam list (iNBDE vs NBDE, specific clinical exam vendors) should be confirmed with the Board; confidence lowered on exam specifics. ## 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) - [New Jersey dental license reciprocity](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-reciprocity/new-jersey/index.html.md) - [New Jersey dental licensure exams](https://dentovio.com/dental-licensure-exams/new-jersey/index.html.md) - [New Jersey foreign-trained dentist licensure](https://dentovio.com/foreign-trained-dentist-license/new-jersey/index.html.md) - [New Jersey dental board](https://dentovio.com/dental-boards/new-jersey/index.html.md) - [New Jersey dental license lookup](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-lookup/new-jersey/index.html.md) - [New Jersey dental license renewal](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-renewal/new-jersey/index.html.md)