Dentist License first issued in 2004

160 of Washington’s 7,055 active dentist license credentials — 2.3% of them — were first issued in 2004.

The 2004 intake, and where it stands now

These 160 people were first credentialled as dentist license during 2004 and are still active today. A first-issue year is the closest thing this register has to a start date: it says when the Department first recognised someone in this role, not how long they have worked in health care.

2 of the 160 active credentials in this group carry a disciplinary flag in the Department’s file — 1.2% — and 12 carry one marked pending.

This site publishes that count and no more: never who. The reason is not discretion, it is accuracy — the published file carries a yes/no flag and nothing else: no reason, no date, no case number. Naming someone on the strength of it would publish a suspicion rather than a fact. Every credential counted here is active. Why the line is drawn there.

Do not let the date pass

160 credentials of this type were first issued in 2004. Washington renews most of them on the holder’s birthday, every year or every two years, and continuing-education hours have to be done before that date — not after. Leave your details and we will tell you when yours is close, and pass your request for continuing-education hours to providers who teach for this credential.

We take no commission and we vouch for no training provider. We have no arrangement with any provider today — we are collecting these requests in order to go and find them. What we do with this.

Who they are

This is a slice of a bigger group: all 7,055 dentist license credentials, and what a license is.

Other groups of a similar size

• Physical Therapist License — 2007 164
• Respiratory Care Practitioner License — 2021 164
• Veterinary License — 2016 164
• X-Ray Technician Registration — 2023 164
• Physical Therapy Compact Privilege — 2024 163
• Licensed Behavior Analyst — 2021 162
• Dentist License — 2010 160
• Osteopathic Physician & Surgeon License — 2018 160
• Medical Assistant Registration — 2014 159
• Dental Hygiene License — 2008 158
• Dentist License — 2003 158