# New York dental licensure exams

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

URL: https://dentovio.com/dental-licensure-exams/new-york

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 New York State Board for Dentistry (NYSED Office of the Professions) before applying.

## Direct answer

For dentist licensure exams in New York, Dentovio's sourced state record lists: National Board Dental Examination Parts I and II / iNBDE (scores sent directly from the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations) plus a Board-accepted clinical examination (NY accepts ADEX/CDCA). Plus mandatory 1-year CODA-approved residency and NYS coursework (e.g., child abuse, infection control). WREB retired Dec 31, 2022. Confirm current iNBDE/NBDE, ADEX or other clinical exam, jurisprudence, law-and-rules, endorsement, and pathway-specific requirements with New York State Board for Dentistry (NYSED Office of the Professions).

## Exam signals

National Board Dental Examination Parts I and II / iNBDE (scores sent directly from the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations) plus a Board-accepted clinical examination (NY accepts ADEX/CDCA). Plus mandatory 1-year CODA-approved residency and NYS coursework (e.g., child abuse, infection control). WREB retired Dec 31, 2022.

## Pathway context

Advanced-standing CODA DDS/DMD required — a residency does NOT replace dental school. A graduate of an unaccredited/unregistered foreign dental school must complete not less than two academic years of study in a registered/CODA-accredited dental school program (advanced-standing) and earn the DDS/DMD. Note: NY also requires ALL initial licensees (including U.S. grads) to complete an approved dental residency of at least one year, but for foreign grads this 1-year residency is IN ADDITION to the 2-year advanced-standing program, not a substitute for it.

## Notes

Two distinct residency facts are easy to conflate: (1) the universal 1-year post-DDS residency required of all NY licensees, and (2) whether a residency lets a foreign grad skip dental school — it does not. Foreign grads need the 2-year advanced-standing CODA degree. Verify current iNBDE/clinical-exam acceptance with the Board.

## Official board source

- New York State Board for Dentistry (NYSED Office of the Professions): <https://www.op.nysed.gov/professions/dentists/license-requirements>

## References

- <https://www.op.nysed.gov/professions/dentists/license-requirements>
- <https://www.ada.org/resources/careers/licensure/licensure-for-the-international-dentists>

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