Section 3-5 - Dental Licensure by Examination (a) Eligibility. An applicant may seek dental licensure by examination if the applicant graduated from a CODA accredited U.S. or Canadian Dental School within twelve (12) months and has never been licensed to practice as a dentist in any state.
(b) Application Requirements. Applicant shall: - (i) Submit a completed application and payment of fee;
- (ii) Successfully pass the NBDE;
- (iii) Successfully pass a regional clinical examination that indicates competency in:
- (A) Endodontics, including access opening of a posterior tooth and access, canal instrumentation and obturation of an anterior tooth;
- (B) Fixed Prosthodontics including one of the following:
- (I) A full crown procedure;
- (II) An indirect cast class II inlay;
- (III) An indirect cast class II onlay; or
- (C) Periodontics, including scaling and root planing on a patient in a clinical setting; and
- (D) Restorative Dentistry, including a class II amalgam or composite preparation and restoration and a class III composite preparation and restoration on a patient in a clinical setting.
- (I) Slot preps shall not be accepted.
- (II) If an indirect inlay, onlay, or 3/4 crown procedure is done on a patient, the applicant shall be required to perform one (1) additional restorative procedure as listed above.