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Applicants may qualify through passing ADEX exam components (including periodontal) within specified time windows, meeting approved waiver examination scoring thresholds, and completing required simulated clinical exercise and applied diagnosis/treatment planning assessments. Alternative eligibility allows prior good-standing out-of-state dental licensure for five years under defined clinical-exam conditions. 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The document also requires passing the written applied clinical diagnosis and treatment planning component with a specified passing score.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"What alternative path can waive certain exam requirements for Rhode Island licensure?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"Applicants may pass an examination approved by the Board other than a regional board similar to the requested waiver, with an earned score of seventy-five percent in each tested discipline, clinical skill, procedure, or knowledge area, including periodontal using the stated internal weighting and scoring approach.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What conditions apply to a special license under Rhode Island rules?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"A special license may be issued only to retired dentists or dental hygienists not currently practicing full-time or part-time, who maintained full licensure in good standing prior to retirement. Practice is limited to noncompensated employment for qualifying public agencies, institutions, and specific not-for-profit entities serving indigent or underserved patients, with fees and renewal fees waived and continuing education compliance required.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},449790,1791131088,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":34,"category_name":35,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":34,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":44,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":144,"preview_page_count":4},549758252649,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/8000253669c5317157?_k=1778319167496531819","| Initial Licensure Examination Requirements | American Board of Dental Examiners (ADEX, CDCA-WREB-CITA), CRDTS+SRTA\u003Cbr>Have successfully passed the ADEX exam, including the periodontal examination portion within five (5) years from the date of application forlicensure in Rhode Island; or\u003Cbr>(1)Have successfully passed an examination, approved by the Board, other than a regional board that is similar to the examination for which the applicant is seeking waiver, with an earned score of seventy-five percent (75%) in each discipline, clinical skill, procedure or knowledge area that is tested on the ADEX Examination, including the periodontal examination portion using the internal weighting and scoring methods the CDCA uses to score the ADEX Examination in Dentistry; and\u003Cbr>(2)Have successfully passed a comprehensive examination in applied clinical diagnosis and treatment planning (CDCA Dental Simulated Clinical Exercise {DSCE} written) with an earned score of seventy-five percent (75%); or\u003Cbr>(3)Hold a current license in good standing to practice dentistry in another state for five (5) years immediately prior to submitting an application for licensure in RI. Said state shall have required successful completion of a clinical exam, not part of the applicant’s training program, to be considered for RI licensure. Source:  216-RICR-40-05-2.5A1c Examination for Licensure as a Dentist |\n| --- | --- |\n| General Licensure Requirements | Rhode Island Statutes, Title 5 Business and Professions, Chapter 5-31.1, Dentists and Dental Hygienists § 5-31.1-6. License to practice – Qualifications of applicants – Fee – Reexamination.\u003Cbr>(a) Authority to practice dentistry or dental hygiene under this chapter is by a license, issued by the director of the department of health, to any reputable dentist, dental hygienist, or DAANCE-certified maxillofacial surgery assistant who intends to practice dentistry, dental hygiene, or DAANCE-certified maxillofacial surgery assisting in this state, and who meets the requirements for licensure prescribed in this chapter and regulations established by the board or the director.\u003Cbr>(b) Applicants for licensure as dentists shall:\u003Cbr>(1) Present satisfactory evidence of graduation from a school of dentistry accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation, or its designated agency, and approved by the board;\u003Cbr>(2) Meet any other requirements that the board or director by regulation establishes; and\u003Cbr>(3) Pass in a satisfactory manner any examinations that the board requires.\u003Cbr>(c) Applicants for licensure as dental hygienists shall:\u003Cbr>(1) Present satisfactory evidence of graduation from a school for dental hygiene accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Auxiliary Accreditation or its designated agency and approved by the board;\u003Cbr>(2) Meet any other requirements that the board or director by regulation establishes; and\u003Cbr>(3) Pass in a satisfactory manner any examination that the board requires.\u003Cbr>(d) Any dentist and any dental hygienist or DAANCE-certified maxillofacial surgery assistant applying for licensure shall pay an application fee as set forthin § 23-1-54. Application fees shall in no case be returned. Applicants requiring reexamination for dentistry, for dental hygiene, or for DAANCE-certified maxillofacial surgery assisting shall submit fees as set forth in § 23-1-54 for each reexamination.\u003Cbr>(e)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of dental examiners may issue a special license to qualifying dentists and dental |\n\n\n|  | hygienists under the terms and conditions set forth in this section and pursuant to requirements that may be set forth in the rules and regulations of the board. The special license may only be issued to a person who is retired from the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene and not currently engaged in such practice either full-time or part-time and has, prior to retirement, maintained full licensure in","cbCaijq8ZcnTUFJb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijq8ZcnTUFJb","pdf",235293,"English","# Initial Licensure Examination Requirements\n## General Licensure Requirements\n### Applicants’ education, examinations, and fees\n### Special license conditions","[{\"question\":\"How can applicants qualify for Rhode Island dentist initial licensure based on the ADEX exam?\",\"answer\":\"Applicants must have successfully passed the ADEX exam, including the periodontal examination portion, within five years from the date of application. The document also requires passing the written applied clinical diagnosis and treatment planning component with a specified passing score.\"},{\"question\":\"What alternative path can waive certain exam requirements for Rhode Island licensure?\",\"answer\":\"Applicants may pass an examination approved by the Board other than a regional board similar to the requested waiver, with an earned score of seventy-five percent in each tested discipline, clinical skill, procedure, or knowledge area, including periodontal using the stated internal weighting and scoring approach.\"},{\"question\":\"What conditions apply to a special license under Rhode Island rules?\",\"answer\":\"A special license may be issued only to retired dentists or dental hygienists not currently practicing full-time or part-time, who maintained full licensure in good standing prior to retirement. 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