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Maine dental licensure exams

For dentist licensure exams in Maine, Dentovio's sourced state record lists: 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.) Confirm current iNBDE/NBDE, ADEX or other clinical exam, jurisprudence, law-and-rules, endorsement, and pathway-specific requirements with Maine Board of Dental Practice.

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Exam signals

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.)

Pathway context

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.

Before applying

  1. Confirm the accepted national board exam and score-report process.
  2. Check which clinical exams or residency alternatives the board accepts.
  3. Verify jurisprudence, law-and-rules, or ethics exam requirements.
  4. Confirm score-age windows, endorsement rules, and pathway-specific exceptions.

Notes

Maine does not fit the task's binary cleanly: it neither mandates a fixed 2-year advanced-standing DDS/DMD nor names a CODA GPR/AEGD residency requirement. Instead the Board makes a case-by-case 'educational equivalency' determination for non-CODA foreign degrees (32 M.R.S. §18342(1)(A); Board Rules 02-313 Ch. 6). Whether a CODA residency specifically satisfies equivalency is at Board discretion and should be confirmed directly (Maine Board of Dental Practice, 207-287-3333, dental.board@maine.gov). Confidence medium: statute wording confirmed from the ADA Maine Laws & Rules compilation (updated 11/29/2025), but the equivalency determination is discretionary and not reducible to a fixed pathway.