During the Board of Dentistry’s (BOD) emergency telephonic meeting on May 8, 2020, they voted to modify its clinical examination requirements for licensure of dentists and dental hygienists due to the COVID-19 pandemic for 2020 examination candidates.  The BOD indicated that they will continue to accept passage of a clinical examination involving live patients given by one of the five testing agencies accepted by the Board - CITA, CDCA, SRTA, CRDTS and WREB.

In addition to live patient clinical examinations, for 2020 only, the BOD decided that it will accept from Dental licensure applicants a clinical dental examination which includes a simulated manikin exercise in restorative dentistry.  The BOD also decided to waive the scaling exercise with live patients in a 2020 clinical dental examination given by a testing agency accepted by the Board - CITA, CDCA, SRTA, CRDTS and WREB.

In addition to live patient clinical examinations, for 2020 only, the BOD voted to accept from Dental hygiene licensure applicants a clinical dental hygiene examination, which includes a manikin-based clinical scaling exercise given by a testing agency accepted by the Board - CITA, CDCA, SRTA, CRDTS and WREB.