All applicants for a full Louisiana license must submit to a criminal fingerprint background check. You may schedule your background check after your license application and fee have been received in the Board office. If the Board receives the results of your criminal background check before receiving your application and fee, the results will NOT be accepted. You will be required to schedule a second fingerprint background check at a service center. There will be an additional cost.

Please see each individual application for all requirements. Please contact the listed person with any licensure questions. All applications must be MAILED to the Board's mailing address along with your documents and fees.

LICENSURE BY EXAMINATION
If you have any questions regarding licensure by examination, please contact Iris Pourciau at iris@lsbd.org.

Dental License by Examination
You may qualify for a dental license by examination if you completed the ADEX examination within FIVE years of applying for a Louisiana license.
  Dental LBE Application

Dental Hygiene License by Examination
You may qualify for a dental hygiene license by examination if you completed the ADEX examination within THREE years of applying for a Louisiana license.
  Dental Hygiene LBE Application

LICENSURE BY CREDENTIALS
If you have any questions regarding licensure by credentials, please contact Alexx Smith at alexx@lsbd.org.

Dental License by Credentials Application
You may qualify for a regular dental license by credentials if you currently hold a license in another state and have practiced at least 1000 hours each year for the immediately preceding three years.
  Dental LBC Application

Dental Hygiene License by Credentials Application
You may qualify for a regular dental hygiene license by credentials if you currently hold a license in another state and have practiced at least 1000 hours for the immediately preceding year.
  Dental Hygiene LBC Application

LICENSURE BY CREDENTIALS FOR LOUISIANA RESIDENTS
Act 253 of the 2024 Legislature provides for licensure of applicants residing in Louisiana who meet certain requirements including your holding a dental or hygiene license in good standing in another state for at least one year and your having passed a clinical licensure examination which included a hand skills assessment. If you wish to apply for a Louisiana dental or hygiene license under the terms of this legislation, you must prove your Louisiana residency. For additional information, please email Alexx Smith at alexx@lsbd.org.

Dental License by Credentials Application
(You must reside in Louisiana and currently hold a license in another state to use this application)
  Dental Louisiana resident LBC Application

Dental Hygiene License by Credentials Application
(You must reside in Louisiana and currently hold a license in another state to use this application)
  Dental Hygiene Louisiana resident LBC Application

RESTRICTED LICENSE
Restricted licenses are for dentists participating in postgraduate programs in Louisiana or instructors in Louisiana dental education. If you have any questions regarding restricted licenses, please contact Alexx Smith at alexx@lsbd.org.
  Restricted License Application

ANESTHESIA PERMITS
  Nitrous Oxide Personal Permit Application
The Louisiana State Board of Dentistry no longer requires office nitrous permits. Any dentist with a personal nitrous permit may administer nitrous in any dental office in Louisiana. If you have questions regarding nitrous oxide permits, please contact Iris Pourciau at iris@lsbd.org.

  Moderate Sedation Personal and Office Permit Application
  General Anesthesia Personal and Office Permit Application
If you have questions regarding personal moderate sedation or general anesthesia permits, please contact Iris Pourciau at iris@lsbd.org.
If you have questions regarding office moderate sedation or general anesthesia pemits, please contact Alexx Smith at alexx@lsbd.org.
Qualified third party anesthesia providers may administer sedation and anethesia in any dental office at which there exists an office permit for that level of anesthesia or higher. Qualified third parties are Louisiana licensed physicians specializing in anesthesiology, Louisiana licensed certified registered nurse anesthetists, and Louisiana licensed dentists possessing a personal permit.
Office permits for any level of anesthesia other than nitrous oxide require an office inspection.  Please use the following inspection sheet as a checklist to ensure you have the appropriate equipment and information available for the inspector.
  Anesthesia Inspection Sheet

Hygiene Anesthesia
If you have questions regarding dental hygiene nitrous oxide or local anesethesia permits, please contact Iris Pourciau at iris@lsbd.org.
  Dental Hygiene Nitrous Oxide Permit Application
  Dental Hygiene Local Anesthesia Application
If you have been licensed and permitted in another state to administer local anesthesia in your practice of dental hygiene and you wish to apply for a permit to administer local anesthesia in Louisiana, please also fill out the affidavit below and submit it with your local anesthesia permit application.
  Local Anesthesia Affidavit

Please see below for information regarding licenses issued, renewed, and denied by parish.

2023 dental licenses issued and renewed

2023 new dental licenses denied--0

2023 dental licenses renewals denied--0

2023 dental hygiene licenses issued and renewed

2023 new dental hygiene licenses denied--0

2023 dental hygiene license renewals denied--0

2024 dental licenses issued and renewed

2024 new dental licenses denied--0

2024 dental licenses renewals denied--0

2024 dental hygiene licenses issued and renewed

2024 new dental hygiene licenses denied--0

2024 dental hygiene license renewals denied--0