Application for Additional Dental Office Permit

The Dental Board of California (Board) issues an Additional Office (AO) permit to licensed dentists or Oral Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS) permit holders who hold proprietary interest of any nature or any right to participate in the management or control of more than one place of practice pursuant to Business and Professions Code (BPC) section 1658 and California Code of Regulations (CCR), title 16, sections 1045–1048.

Application Requirements

• Submit a completed application online through BreEZe or by mail using a paper application. The paper application can be found at the following link: Application for Additional Dental Office. It should be mailed to the following address:

  Dental Board of California
  2005 Evergreen Street, Suite 1550
  Sacramento, CA 95815

• Pay a non-refundable application fee of $350.00.
• Hold a valid, current dentist license, or Oral Maxillofacial Surgery permit issued by the Board.
• Submit a copy of any supporting documentation, such as Articles of Incorporation as registered with the Office of the Secretary of State.

  NOTE: The Articles of a professional corporation shall contain a specific statement that the corporation is a professional corporation within the meaning of Part 4 of Division 3 of Title 1 of the California Corporations Code.

Renewing Your Permit

A permit expires when the qualifying license expires and must be renewed every two years through BreEZe. The fee for renewal is $250.00.

Permit Restrictions

Permits are address-specific and are subject to revocation if the practice changes location or status, such as a change from an individual owner to a corporation. If there is no change in ownership, fees for an existing permit may be transferred to a new permit for the new location or status within the same county. Transferring a permit requires the filing of a new application, but no additional fee is required, unless the change is to a location outside the present county.

Permits cannot be transferred from one licensee to another.

Processing Time

An application may be approved in as little as 30 days if the application is complete and submitted with all required documentation. However, the standard processing time is 4–6 weeks.