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Utah dental licensure exams

For dentist licensure exams in Utah, Dentovio's sourced state record lists: National Board — NBDE Parts I & II or the iNBDE (JCNDE); plus a regional clinical licensure exam covering perio, endo, operative, class 2/3 restoration, and prosthodontics — Utah accepts CDCA, SRTA, CRDTS, CITA (and formerly WREB, retired Dec 31, 2022). Utah jurisprudence requirement applies. Confirm current iNBDE/NBDE, ADEX or other clinical exam, jurisprudence, law-and-rules, endorsement, and pathway-specific requirements with Utah Dentist and Dental Hygienist Licensing Board (DOPL, Dept. of Commerce).

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Exam signals

National Board — NBDE Parts I & II or the iNBDE (JCNDE); plus a regional clinical licensure exam covering perio, endo, operative, class 2/3 restoration, and prosthodontics — Utah accepts CDCA, SRTA, CRDTS, CITA (and formerly WREB, retired Dec 31, 2022). Utah jurisprudence requirement applies.

Pathway context

Advanced-standing CODA DDS/DMD only. Utah Code §58-69-302(1)(c) requires 'satisfactory documentation of having successfully completed a program of professional education preparing an individual as a dentist as evidenced by having received an earned doctor's degree in dentistry from a dental school accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association.' The licensure statute contains no non-CODA or GPR/AEGD-residency alternative pathway for initial dentist licensure, so a foreign-trained dentist must obtain a CODA-accredited DDS/DMD (advanced-standing program). (Note: a recent Utah immigrant-professional/endorsement initiative may create case-by-case flexibility, but that is not a codified foreign-graduate licensure route — verify current status with DOPL.)

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

Utah's dentist licensure statute admits only a CODA-accredited DDS/DMD degree — no GPR/AEGD residency pathway for a non-CODA degree. A foreign grad must complete a CODA advanced-standing DDS/DMD. Watch Utah's newer immigrant-professional endorsement rules for possible future flexibility; confirm with DOPL.

Official source

Utah Dentist and Dental Hygienist Licensing Board (DOPL, Dept. of Commerce)

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Last verified 2026-07-08. Educational summary only, not licensure advice. Confirm current exam, score-age, endorsement, and pathway rules with the Utah board before applying. How this data is verified