Need Advise ( relocation )

[toothifrutti]

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Hello

I've completed a GPR and have been practicing for 2 years in New York City. I've been considering strongly to get out of here, I enjoy so much the mixed culture (and the amazing food this mix brings!) but the high rent/ real estate is hard to overlook for me at this point in my life. I'm basically living paycheck to paycheck.

I got licensed in California very easy thanks to my GPR, but from what I've studied I don't think it would be a wise move financially.

I've got my eyes set on Oregon. My sister lives there (Beaverton) and I've truly enjoyed myself there every single time I visit. I loved how open minded and laid back things and people felt.

Now... I've never taken any clinical examination, and to be honest I've been trying to dodge it. Would I be able to make it over there as a Dentist by any other means? Is there any other state that you would consider given my scenario ? Should I stay ?

Enlighten me with your thoughts ( even bad ones! )

Thanks

 

[Localnative]

info from ADA website (perhaps you've researched this previously)-

The ADA supports licensure by credentials. ADA policy states that requiring a candidate who is seeking licensure in several jurisdictions to demonstrate his or her theoretical knowledge and clinical skill on separate examinations for each jurisdiction seems unnecessary duplication. Further, the ADA believes that an evaluation of a practicing dentist’s theoretical knowledge and clinical skill based on his or her performance record can provide as much protection to the public as would an evaluation based on examination. Issuing a license using a performance record in place of examinations is termed licensure by credentials. (Trans. 2012: 464 - Guidelines for Licensure)

The number of licensing jurisdictions that offer licensure by credentials has increased dramatically in the last decade. Dental boards in 46 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have authority to grant licensure by credentials. Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Nevada do not. A Florida law adopted in 2014 allows licensure eligibility for active duty military, veterans, and veterans’ families who serve or have served as an armed forces health care practitioner (as defined in Florida law).

I went through 6 years of OS residency, thought I could dodge a state licensing exam and decided to try NYC for one year. Financially, very poor decision if you are a doc fresh out of rez or D School. That city will chew all of your money up, whether from federal/state/city taxing your income or from paying 4 grand to live in an efficiency in a nicer part of the city. I bit the bullet and took a state board finally. Painful yes, but got through it and 7 years later I'm thankful I took that route.