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In Oregon, a CODA residency, GPR, or AEGD may satisfy part of the licensure path. The sourced conditions and the board's own rule are below.
CODA residency (GPR) pathway accepted (as an alternative to a CODA predoctoral program), but under Oregon's 'license without further examination' rule. A graduate of a dental school outside the U.S./Canada qualifies by completing EITHER (a) a predoctoral dental education program of not less than two years at a CODA-accredited school, OR (b) a postdoctoral General Dentistry Residency of not less than two years at a CODA-accredited school (OAR 818-021-0011). So a 2-year CODA GPR can substitute for repeating dental school — but this route also requires an active unrestricted out-of-state license plus 3,500 clinical practice hours in the preceding 5 years.
Passage of a Board-accepted dental clinical examination (ADEX/CDCA/WREB-legacy/CRDTS/SRTA/CITA) and English-language proficiency; national board (NBDE/iNBDE) per Board rule. Under the 'without further examination' route, 40 hours of CE within the prior two years is also required. (WREB retired Dec 31, 2022.) Verify the exact exam set for a first-time (not-yet-licensed) foreign applicant with the Board.
The clearly codified foreign-trained pathway is OAR 818-021-0011 (License Without Further Examination), which accepts a 2-yr CODA GPR OR 2-yr CODA predoctoral program but presupposes the applicant already holds an active unrestricted license in another state and has 3,500 practice hours in 5 years. ORS 679.065(2) also lets 'foreign trained graduates' sit for the licensure exam if they meet Board-set education requirements, but the statute delegates specifics to Board rule. Confidence medium because the residency pathway for a foreign grad who is NOT yet licensed elsewhere should be confirmed against the current OBD International Dentists instruction sheet.
INBDE · written national board
The written national board is its own project alongside the state pathway. Dentovio builds INBDE prep specifically for internationally trained dentists — start with the international hub, the pass guide, or the free practice test.