ARM 24.138.502. LICENSURE OF DENTISTS

(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.