IMPORTANT OFFICE CLOSURE ALERT
All Division of Professions and Occupations (DPO) Offices at 1560 Broadway, Denver CO are closed to the public indefinitely effective 2pm on March 23rd, 2020. However, DPO staff is still working hard to help all customers remotely. Please contact the Division at dora_dpo_licensing@state.co.us for assistance.
Welcome to the Dental Homepage
The Colorado Dental Board regulates and licenses dentists and dental hygienists. The Board does not regulate or require the registration of dental assistants or expanded duty dental assistants. The Board also does not license based upon specialty.
The mission of the Colorado Dental Board is to safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of the people of Colorado by developing and maintaining rules and policies to ensure that only qualified persons are licensed to provide dental care and that violators of the laws and rules regulating dentistry are sanctioned as appropriate. Board activities include licensing dentists and dental hygienists, investigating complaints about the licensed and unlicensed practice of dentistry and dental hygiene, disciplining those who violate the law and/or the Board's Rules and make, amend, and adopt reasonable rules and regulations governing the conduct of dentists and dental hygienists. The Board is made up of thirteen members: six dentists, three dental hygienists and three public members.
- Laws, Rules and Policies
- Resources
Program Information
- Board Members
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Yukon Morford, Program Director
- Thomas Pyne, DDS, Board Chair
Professional Member | Term Expires: January 1, 2022
Panel A:
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Mark Adams, DDS, MS, Panel Chair
Professional Member | Term Expires: January 1, 2025 -
Greggory LaBerge, Ph.D., Panel Vice Chair
Public Member | Term Expires: January 1, 2022 -
Paige McEvoy, RDH, MS
Professional Member | Term Expires: January 1, 2023 -
Lisa Carlson-Marks, DDS
Professional Member | Term Expires: January 1, 2024 -
Rominder Kaur, DDS
Professional Member |Term Expires: January 1, 2025 -
Kaylanne Chandler
Public Member | Term Expires: January 1, 2025
Panel B:
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Yanira Owens, RDH, MHA, Panel Chair
Professional Member | Term Expires: January 1, 2025 -
Vidhyalakshmi Sampath, DDS, Panel Vice Chair
Professional Member | Term Expires: January 1, 2023 -
Bryan Limmer, DMD, MS
Professional Member | Term Expires: January 1, 2025 -
Angela Rhoades, RDH
Professional Member | Term Expires: January 1, 2025 -
Natalie Schafer, DDS, MS
ProfessionalMember | Term Expires: January 1, 2024 -
Evon Holladay, MBA
Public Member| Term Expires: January 1, 2023
Anesthesia Application Consultant Committee:
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Tyler Borg, DDS
Term Expires: January 1, 2025 -
Katherine Chin, DDS
Term Expires: January 1, 2023 -
Cara Riley, DMD
Term Expires: January 1, 2022 -
Nicolas Politano, DDS
Term Expires: January 1, 2023 -
Taylor Clark, DDS
Term Expires: January 1, 2023
- Thomas Pyne, DDS, Board Chair
- Public Notices
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Joint Stakeholder Meeting - February 11, 2021
The State Board of Social Work Examiners; State Board of Licensed Professional Counselor Examiners; Office of Hearing Aid Provider Licensure; Office of Audiology Licensure; Office of Naturopathic Doctor Registration; Office of Respiratory Therapy Licensure; Office of Speech-Language Pathology Certification; Board of Chiropractic Examiners; Office of Acupuncture Licensure; Office of Athletic Trainer Licensure; State Board of Psychologist Examiners; Office of Massage Therapy Licensure; Office of Direct-Entry Midwifery Registration; Office of Surgical Assistant And Surgical Technologist Registration; State Board of Addiction Counselor Examiners; State Physical Therapy Board; State Board of Unlicensed Psychotherapists; State Board of Marriage and Family Therapist Examiners; State Board of Nursing; Colorado Dental Board; State Board of Optometry; State Board of Pharmacy; Colorado Medical Board; and Colorado Podiatry Board will hold a VIRTUAL Joint Stakeholder Meeting to inform Stakeholders, and receive feedback on the proposed revisions to the new rules that were recently adopted to implement Colorado Senate Bill 20-102 (Concerning required disclosures to patients regarding formal actions based on sexual misconduct), as required by the Office of Legislative Legal Services (OLLS).
Rulemaking Hearing - 11/5/20
The Colorado Dental Board held a virtual Permanent Rulemaking Hearing to consider adopting new and revised rules following the mandatory Rule Review (conducted to assess the continuing need, appropriateness, and cost-effectiveness of the Colorado Dental Board's rules, and determine if they should be continued in their current form, modified or repealed); and implement Colorado Senate Bill 19-079 (Concerning a requirement that certain practitioners prescribe controlled substances electronically); Colorado House Bill 20-1326 (Concerning an expansion of an individual's ability to practice an occupation in Colorado through the creation of an occupational credential portability program); and Colorado Senate Bill 20-102 (Concerning required disclosures to patients regarding formal actions based on sexual misconduct).
- Notice, New Rule, HB20-1326, SB19-079, and SB20-102A
- September 23, 2020, Stakeholder Meeting Recording
Stakeholder Meeting - 6/23/20
The Colorado Dental Board (Board) held a VIRTUAL Stakeholder Meeting for the Board to receive feedback on: 1) the adoption of changes to Rules 1.1 through 1.26, following a mandatory review of all the Board’s Rules in compliance with section 24-4-103.3, C.R.S., to assess the continuing need, appropriateness, and cost-effectiveness of the rules to determine if they should be continued in their current form, modified, or repealed; 2) the adoption of Rule 1.27 as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Governor’s Executive Order D 2020 038; and 3) how to streamline the permitting process for dentists and dental hygienists to administer anesthesia, Rule 1.14.
- Legislative Updates
- Meeting Minutes
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Full Board Meeting Minutes
- November 5, 2020, Dental Board Meeting Minutes
- August 20, 2020, Dental Board Meeting Minutes
- July 24, 2020, Dental Board Meeting Minutes
Panel A Meeting Minutes
- December 9, 2020, Dental Panel A Meeting Minutes
- November 4, 2020, Dental Panel A Meeting Minutes
- September 30, 2020, Dental Panel A Meeting Minutes
Panel B Meeting Minutes