Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 24 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Chapter 24.138 - BOARD OF DENTISTRY
Subchapter 24.138.5 - Licensing
Rule 24.138.502 - LICENSURE OF DENTISTS

Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 24.138.502

Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024

(1) Applicants for dentist licensure must have:

(a) passed the written examination administered by the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations or its successor showing the applicant's passage of the written examination;

(b) passed a board-approved regional clinical practical examination. Examinations shall be valid for the purpose of initial licensure for a period of five years from the date of passage of the examination; and

(c) graduated from a dental school accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation, or its successor.

(2) A board-approved clinical practical exam must include the following components:

(a) patient-based or, beginning March 12, 2020, a simulated patient-based operative exam, to include one direct posterior class II composite and any one of the following:
(i) direct posterior class II composite; or

(ii) direct posterior class II amalgam; or

(iii) direct anterior class III composite;

(b) patient-based or, beginning March 12, 2020, a simulated patient-based periodontal exam;

(c) non-patient-based endodontics exam, to include:
(i) anterior access;

(ii) posterior access; and

(iii) obturation of one canal; and

(d) non-patient-based prosthodontics exam.

AUTH: 37-1-131, 37-4-205, MCA; IMP: 37-1-131, 37-4-301, 37-4-401, 37-4-402, MCA

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