Forms and Publications
Forms
- Application for Continuing Education Approval for Out of State Course Offered by an Unregistered California Provider
- Application for Reduced Dental License Renewal Fee
- Application to Remove Disabled Status from License
- Cancellation of Permit form
- Change of Address Form, Dentist License
- Consumer Complaint form (Español)
- Continuing Education Provider Biennial Report
- Continuing Education Waiver for Licensees with a Disability
- Courtesy Form for Reporting Dental Patient Death or Hospitalization
- Declaration and Request for Replacement Pocket License or Certificate form
- Dental Assisting Program License Certification Request form
- Dental Healthcare Workforce Survey
- Disabled Dentist Application for Waiver of 50% of License Renewal Fee
- Letter of Disassociation for a Fictitious Name Permit
- License Renewal Declaration Form – Incomplete Renewal
- Notification of Name Change form
- Name and Gender Change Notification and Request for Confidentiality (SB 372, 2023)
Effective January 1, 2024, under Business and Professions Code section 27.5, licensees may notify the licensing board or bureau within the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) of a name and/or gender change and request confidentiality of the previous name or gender information, when meeting certain specified requirements. For more information and to make a request, click here.
- Request for Certification of California Dental License form
- Request for Live Scan Fingerprinting Service form
- X–Ray License Replacement Request for DDS form
Publications
- Legislative Summary for the 2023–2024 Legislative Session
- Legislative Summary for the 2023 Legislative Session
- Strategic Plan 2022–2025
- Legislative Summary for End of 2021–2022 Legislative Session
- Dental Workforce Survey Data (Collected Annually)
- Disciplinary and Denial Guidelines with Model Language (Revised February 9, 2024)
- Uniform Standards Regarding Substance Abusing Healing Arts Licensees
- Dental Materials Fact Sheet – (Internet) (English) (Mandarin) (Spanish)
Reports
Anesthesia
- Report on Pediatric Deaths Related to General Anesthesia in Dentistry as Required by Business and Professions Code Section 1601.4, subdivision (b), for the Period from January 1, 2017 to August 1, 2023
- Supplemental Report to the California State Legislature Regarding Findings Relevant to Inform Dental Anesthesia and Sedation Standards – May 2022
- Report to the California State Legislature Regarding Findings Relevant to Inform Dental Anesthesia and Sedation Standards as Required by Senate Bill 501 (Glazer, Chapter 929, Statutes of 2018) and Business and Professions Code Section 1601.4, subdivision (a)(2) – December, 2021
- Dental Board of California Pediatric Anesthesia Study, Cover Letter to Senator Jerry Hill Dated December 30, 2016
- Dental Board of California Pediatric Anesthesia Study – December 2016
Budget/Fiscal
Examinations
- Dental Board of California Review of the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations (JCNDE) Integrated National Board Dental Examination (INBDE) – September 2023
- Dental Board of California Review of the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations (JCNDE) Dental Licensure Objective Structured Clinical Examination (DLOSCE) – September 2023
- Dental Board of California Review of the Western Regional Examining Board (WREB) Dental Examination – October 2020
- Dental Board of California Review of the Registered Dental Assistant in Extended Functions Clinical and Practical Examinations – January 2018
- Dental Board of California Review of the Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) Practical Examination – April 2017
- Dental Board of California Report on the Portfolio Examination as Provided by Business and Professions Code Section 1632.6 – December 1, 2016
Leadership
Licensing
Occupational Analyses
- Dental Board of California Occupational Analysis of the Dentist (DDS) Profession – June 2024
- Dental Board of California Occupational Analysis of the Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) Profession – June 2023
- Dental Board of California Occupational Analysis of the Dentist (DDS) Profession – June 2018
- Dental Board of California Occupational Analysis of the Registered Dental Assistant in Extended Functions (RDAEF) Profession, Revised – November 2016
Sunset Review Reports
- 2024 Dental Board of California Sunset Review Report
- 2018 Dental Board of California Sunset Review Report
- 2014 Dental Board of California Sunset Review Report