Dentist
- Exam
- Third-party exam
- Education
- Specific course
- Experience
- None
- Background check
- None
Diagnoses, treats, operates on, or prescribes for any disease, pain or injury, or regulates any deformity or physical condition, of the human teeth, jaws, or associated structures, or conducts a physical evaluation, or administers anesthetic agents, or uses ionizing radiation in the course of dental practice, or who fits, constructs, and inserts any artificial appliance, plate, or denture for the human teeth or jaws, or who holds himself or herself out as being able or legally authorized to do so.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- Third-party exam required
- Education
- Specific course required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Certification
- No mention of certification
- Experience
- No experience
- Background check
- No criminal record requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- Department of State
- Division
- Bureau of Professional & Occupational Affairs
- Board
- Dentistry Board
- Address
- P.O. Box 2649 Harrisburg, PA 17105
- Phone
- (717) 783-7162
- Agency website
- https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/Dentistry/Pages/default.aspx
- Last updated
- March 11, 2021
Occupations (O*NET)
Source and verification
This record is Pennsylvania's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
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