# Vermont dental licensure exams

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

URL: https://dentovio.com/dental-licensure-exams/vermont

Last verified: 2026-07-08

Research confidence: high

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 Vermont Board of Dental Examiners (Office of Professional Regulation, Secretary of State) before applying.

## Direct answer

For dentist licensure exams in Vermont, Dentovio's sourced state record lists: Written: NBDE Parts I & II, or iNBDE, or the written exam of the National Dental Examining Board of Canada. Clinical: ADEX administered by CDCA or CITA (not incl. optional perio), or CRDTS, or SRTA; WREB accepted only if examined prior to July 1, 2020. Plus VT jurisprudence. Confirm current iNBDE/NBDE, ADEX or other clinical exam, jurisprudence, law-and-rules, endorsement, and pathway-specific requirements with Vermont Board of Dental Examiners (Office of Professional Regulation, Secretary of State).

## Exam signals

Written: NBDE Parts I & II, or iNBDE, or the written exam of the National Dental Examining Board of Canada. Clinical: ADEX administered by CDCA or CITA (not incl. optional perio), or CRDTS, or SRTA; WREB accepted only if examined prior to July 1, 2020. Plus VT jurisprudence.

## Pathway context

CODA residency pathway accepted: 26 V.S.A. 601(2)(B) allows licensure by exam for a graduate of 'a program of foreign dental training AND a postgraduate program accredited by CODA that is acceptable to the Board.' No requirement to repeat dental school / earn a full CODA advanced-standing DDS. (Full CODA DDS/DMD is the other route.)

## Notes

Statute confirmed in ADA VT Laws & Rules (26 V.S.A. Ch.12 Subch.3, 601). Board Administrative Rules updated Oct 15, 2025. OPR handles day-to-day licensing; the Board sets standards. The exact acceptable postgraduate program is at Board discretion ('acceptable to the Board').

## Official board source

- Vermont Board of Dental Examiners (Office of Professional Regulation, Secretary of State): <https://sos.vermont.gov/dental-examiners/>

## References

- <https://sos.vermont.gov/dental-examiners/>
- <https://sos.vermont.gov/dental-examiners/statutes-rules-resources>
- <https://www.ada.org/~/media/Project/ADA%20Organization/ADA/ADA-org/Files/Education/Licensure%20by%20State/Vermont_Licensure>
- <https://regulations.justia.com/states/vermont/agency-04/sub-agency-030/chapter-080/section-04-030-080/>

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