# Nebraska dental licensure exams

> Dentist licensure exam signals for Nebraska, including national-board, clinical-exam, jurisprudence, and pathway-specific notes where sourced.

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Last verified: 2026-07-08

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Educational summary only, not legal, admissions, testing-vendor, or board advice. Exam acceptance, score windows, jurisprudence rules, endorsement routes, and foreign-trained dentist pathways can change. Confirm current instructions with Nebraska Board of Dentistry (DHHS, Div. of Public Health, Licensure Unit) before applying.

## Direct answer

For dentist licensure exams in Nebraska, Dentovio's sourced state record lists: iNBDE, or both Part I and Part II of the NBDE (per 38-1117). Clinical competency demonstrated via a board-approved simulation/manikin-based psychomotor clinical exam (periodontal, restorative, prosthodontic, endodontic components); regional exams such as ADEX/CDCA/CRDTS are the vehicles (WREB retired Dec 31 2022). Confirm current iNBDE/NBDE, ADEX or other clinical exam, jurisprudence, law-and-rules, endorsement, and pathway-specific requirements with Nebraska Board of Dentistry (DHHS, Div. of Public Health, Licensure Unit).

## Exam signals

iNBDE, or both Part I and Part II of the NBDE (per 38-1117). Clinical competency demonstrated via a board-approved simulation/manikin-based psychomotor clinical exam (periodontal, restorative, prosthodontic, endodontic components); regional exams such as ADEX/CDCA/CRDTS are the vehicles (WREB retired Dec 31 2022).

## Pathway context

Advanced-standing CODA DDS/DMD only. Neb. Rev. Stat. 38-1117 requires 'proof of graduation with a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree or a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from an accredited school or college of dentistry.' No alternative for non-accredited/foreign graduates is provided; a foreign grad must earn a CODA-accredited DDS/DMD (UNMC operates a 29-month advanced-standing program). Residency (postgraduate) licenses under 38-1123 require enrollment in an ACCREDITED school, so a CODA residency does not substitute for the accredited-degree requirement for full licensure.

## Notes

Statute explicitly names iNBDE/NBDE and a manikin/simulation-based clinical competency exam; it does not lock to a single regional agency. UNMC's own AEGD/postgrad programs do not accept non-CODA graduates.

## Official board source

- Nebraska Board of Dentistry (DHHS, Div. of Public Health, Licensure Unit): <https://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/pages/dentist.aspx>

## References

- <https://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/pages/dentist.aspx>
- <https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=38-1117>
- <https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=38-1123>
- <https://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/Documents/Dentistry.pdf>

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