California Licensure w/o WREB

[Swifty181]

Has anybody here taken the ADEX and figured out a way to practice in California without taking the WREB right out of dental school residency? Looking on the website it says the following but if anyone has experience with this please write. It would help out tremendously. Thanks in advance.
The requirements for Licensure by Credential include, but are not limited to:

1. A completed application and payment of all fees.
2. A current license issued by another state to practice dentistry that is not revoked, suspended or otherwise restricted. Out of State Certification Form
3. Proof that the applicant has either been in active clinical practice or has been a full-time faculty member in an accredited dental education program and in active clinical practice for a total of at least 5,000 hours in five of the seven consecutive years immediately preceding the date of his or her application.
   • Residency – Maximum of two (2) years of clinical practice credit allowed for a residency training program accredited by the American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation
     With two years of clinical practice, or a completed residency, the remainder of the 5-year requirement may be fulfilled with a contract to teach or to practice in settings specified in Business and Professions Code, Sections 1635.5(a)(3)(B) and 1635.5(a)(3)(C).
4. The applicant may not have failed the California licensure exam or the WREB clinical exam within the last five years. A letter from WREB stating that the applicant has not failed the WREB exam must be submitted as proof.
5. Fifty (50) units of continuing education in the last two years, including current mandatory courses.

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[AKDMD]

Has anybody here taken the ADEX and figured out a way to practice in California without taking the WREB right out of dental school residency? Looking on the website it says the following but if anyone has experience with this please write. It would help out tremendously. Thanks in advance.
The requirements for Licensure by Credential include, but are not limited to:

1. A completed application and payment of all fees.
2. A current license issued by another state to practice dentistry that is not revoked, suspended or otherwise restricted. Out of State Certification Form
3. Proof that the applicant has either been in active clinical practice or has been a full-time faculty member in an accredited dental education program and in active clinical practice for a total of at least 5,000 hours in five of the seven consecutive years immediately preceding the date of his or her application.
   • Residency – Maximum of two (2) years of clinical practice credit allowed for a residency training program accredited by the American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation
     With two years of clinical practice, or a completed residency, the remainder of the 5-year requirement may be fulfilled with a contract to teach or to practice in settings specified in Business and Professions Code, Sections 1635.5(a)(3)(B) and 1635.5(a)(3)(C).
4. The applicant may not have failed the California licensure exam or the WREB clinical exam within the last five years. A letter from WREB stating that the applicant has not failed the WREB exam must be submitted as proof.
5. Fifty (50) units of continuing education in the last two years, including current mandatory courses.

Hello! Not sure if this will help and maybe I totally misunderstood, but "On November 15, 2019, the Dental Board of California (Board) voted to accept the ADEX Examination for the purpose of establishing eligibility for dental licensure in California."
So if you took ADEX already wouldn't that mean you can practice in California? I did not take ADEX and don't know much about it but was told this and found info about it online so hope that helps!

 

[dentalstudentprospect2]

I think that only applies for people who took the ADEX after November 15.

 

[Jo89]

Anyone who has passed the ADEX exam after November 15, 2019, is eligible to practice in California. I am taking ADEX in March this year for California.