How does relocation work once you're a dentist?

[Faux]

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I live in NY and want to go to school in NY but I hope to relocate once I graduate and possibly come back after a few years. I'm guessing it isn't as easy as picking up and going. What would I have to do to relocate to a state like North Carolina or Texas?

 

[IsaacYankem]

Licensing exams vary by state, other than that, as far as I know, it's just a matter of finding a job

 

[ToothfairyNC]

I am attending a dental school and NC and we take the CITA exam which will cover various states. For NY, I have a friend that's currently attending Columbia Dental and she said that the state of NY required 1 year of GPR after graduation in order for you to practice in NY. I am not sure how it works if you want to move to another state and move back. As a dental student, I will say worry about getting into school first. Then plan the rest later.

 

[IsaacYankem]

Yeah. NY allows you to do 1 year of GPR and then you can get licensed there.

Then you have your bigger "regional exams." You can take the NERB and get licensed in 24 states http://www.nerb.org/b/member_states_b.html

And another 17 for WREB http://www.wreb.org/Information/MemberStates.aspx

Both NERB and WREB are 2 part exams, written and clinical. If you take one exam and pass both portions, you can take the other licensing exam and only have to pass the written portion. IIRC, the written portion costs about 3K

Some states do reciprocity based on number of years you've held an active license, but that varies from state to state.

EDIT: ADA's list of clinical licensing boards, mentions others like CITA the previous poster wrote about http://www.ada.org/5436.aspx