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Mississippi dental licensure exams

For dentist licensure exams in Mississippi, Dentovio's sourced state record lists: NBDE Parts I & II (or successor — i.e., iNBDE) of the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations (waived only for pre-1960 graduates). A clinical/regional exam is also part of licensure by examination — Mississippi accepts ADEX-based regional exams (e.g., CITA/SRTA/CDCA); confirm the currently accepted clinical exam with the Board. (WREB retired Dec 31 2022.) Confirm current iNBDE/NBDE, ADEX or other clinical exam, jurisprudence, law-and-rules, endorsement, and pathway-specific requirements with Mississippi State Board of Dental Examiners.

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Exam signals

NBDE Parts I & II (or successor — i.e., iNBDE) of the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations (waived only for pre-1960 graduates). A clinical/regional exam is also part of licensure by examination — Mississippi accepts ADEX-based regional exams (e.g., CITA/SRTA/CDCA); confirm the currently accepted clinical exam with the Board. (WREB retired Dec 31 2022.)

Pathway context

CODA postdoctoral (2+ year) pathway — a full advanced-standing DDS/DMD repeat is NOT required, but foreign grads CANNOT use licensure-by-credentials (that is CODA-graduates only). Per Miss. Code Ann. §73-9-23(3), a foreign (non-ADA/CODA) graduate applies for licensure BY EXAMINATION and must: be 21+, be English-proficient, have completed ≥6 academic years of postsecondary study culminating in a foreign dental degree, have been licensed/admitted to practice in that foreign country, AND present documentation of completing at least 2 or more years of full-time POSTDOCTORAL dental education in a CODA-accredited dental program (completed after the general dental degree), with the program's dean certifying the applicant achieved the same didactic and clinical competence as a graduate of the school's predoctoral program.

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

Key nuance: the required '2 or more years of full-time postdoctoral dental education in a CODA-accredited program' is a postdoctoral advanced-education requirement (a residency-style route) completed AFTER the foreign dental degree, plus a dean's competence certification — it is NOT a full advanced-standing DDS/DMD repeat, and it is NOT the same as merely finishing any GPR/AEGD (the dean-certification and 2-year full-time criteria must be met). Foreign grads are barred from licensure-by-credentials. Exact clinical-exam acceptance should be confirmed with the Board (Ridgeland, MS).