# South Carolina dental licensure exams

> Dentist licensure exam signals for South Carolina, 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 South Carolina Board of Dentistry (SC LLR) before applying.

## Direct answer

For dentist licensure exams in South Carolina, Dentovio's sourced state record lists: National Board (JCNDE) — NBDE Parts I & II or the iNBDE; plus a regional clinical exam. SC accepts ADEX, CDCA-WREB-CITA, CRDTS+SRTA. (WREB was retired Dec 31, 2022.) SC jurisprudence exam also required. Confirm current iNBDE/NBDE, ADEX or other clinical exam, jurisprudence, law-and-rules, endorsement, and pathway-specific requirements with South Carolina Board of Dentistry (SC LLR).

## Exam signals

National Board (JCNDE) — NBDE Parts I & II or the iNBDE; plus a regional clinical exam. SC accepts ADEX, CDCA-WREB-CITA, CRDTS+SRTA. (WREB was retired Dec 31, 2022.) SC jurisprudence exam also required.

## Pathway context

Advanced-standing CODA DDS/DMD only. SC Code Title 40, Ch. 15 (§40-15-140) requires 'satisfactory evidence of graduation from a dental college... accredited by the Commission [on Dental Accreditation]'. There is no statutory GPR/AEGD residency pathway to initial licensure for a non-CODA degree — a foreign-trained dentist must obtain a CODA-accredited DDS/DMD (advanced-standing program). (A narrow discretionary provision lets the Board require additional education 'in an ADA approved dental school or residency' only after 3 failed clinical exam attempts, not as a general foreign-grad pathway.)

## Notes

Non-CODA foreign graduates cannot license on the foreign degree alone and cannot use a GPR/AEGD residency; they must complete a CODA-accredited advanced-standing DDS/DMD program to meet the education requirement. Verify current specifics with the Board.

## Official board source

- South Carolina Board of Dentistry (SC LLR): <https://llr.sc.gov/bod/>

## References

- <https://llr.sc.gov/bod/>
- <https://www.ada.org/en/resources/licensure>

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