Northeast Regional Board of Dental Examiners

North East Regional Board of Dental Examiners (NERB) is one of four examination agencies for dentists in the United States. The other examination agencies are the Western Regional Examining Board, the Central Regional Dental Testing Service, and the Southern Regional Testing Agency. These were organized to better standardize clinical exams for licensure.

Member states that help create the exam are Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia. In 2011 Wisconsin and Oregon officially joined.

Other states that accept the exam for licensure include Kentucky, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, and Utah.

As of April 20, 2009, in addition to the NERB states above, the following states also accept the NERB: Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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US STATES NERB ACCEPTING STATES (YES / NO)
ALABAMA YES
ALASKA YES
ARIZONA NO
ARKANSAS YES
CALIFORNIA NO
COLORADO YES
CONNECTICUT YES
DC YES
DELAWARE NO
FLORIDA YES
GEORGIA NO
MASSACHUSETTS YES
HAWAII YES
IDAHO YES
ILLINOIS YES
INDIANA YES
IOWA YES
KANSAS YES
KENTUCKY YES
LOUISIANA YES
MAINE YES
MARYLAND YES
MICHIGAN YES
MINNESOTA YES
MISSISSIPPI YES
MISSOURI YES
MONTANA YES
N CAROLINA YES
NEBRASKA YES
NEVADA YES
NEW JERSEY YES
NEW MEXICO YES
NEW YORK NO
N HAMPSHIRE YES
NORTH DAKOTA YES
OHIO YES
OKLAHOMA NO
OREGON YES
PENNSYLVANIA YES
PUERTO RICO NO
RHODE ISLAND YES
S CAROLINA YES
SOUTH DAKOTA NO
TENNESSEE YES
TEXAS YES
UTAH YES
VERMONT YES
VIRGINIA YES
WASHINGTON YES
WEST VIRGINIA YES
WISCONSIN YES
WYOMING YES