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Data last verified: Oct 20, 2026.

Terms you will see

Specialty license
A dental specialty license IDFPR issues in addition to the dental license, for one specialty such as oral and maxillofacial surgery, periodontics or prosthodontics.
IDFPR
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, which licenses dentists and dental specialists.
Sedation permit
A permit the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners issues by level: Level 1 Minimal Sedation, Level 2 Moderate Enteral Sedation, Level 3 Moderate Parenteral Sedation, Level 4 Deep Sedation or General Anesthesia (the board's anesthesia privileges page).
Practice type
What the dentist reports to the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners as their practice type; it is self-reported, not a license.
TSBDE
The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, which licenses dentists in the state.

Fields

Specialty licenseIllinois issues a separate dental specialty license (Licensed Specialist in Dentistry) for each recognised specialty; it is the state's own record of the specialty, not a self-reported category.
Licensed forWhole years since the licensing board first issued the license shown on this profile.
Discipline recordWhat the licensing board's record shows about discipline for this license, in the board's own terms (not a quality rating).
Discipline cases on recordAs published by the source.
Discipline casesEach case as the dataset records it: number, start and end dates, action and reason.
Most recent discipline startedAs published by the source.
License expiresAs published by the source.
License first issuedAs published by the source.
License numberAs published by the source.
CountyThe county as the licensing board records it.
Area noteWhy this site's area differs from the address the board records.
Record last updated in the datasetAs published by the source.
Sedation permitThe highest sedation permit level the board shows, with its level name as the board's anesthesia privileges page gives it.
Sedation permit dateAs published by the source.
Remedial plan on recordAs published by the source.
Practice type (self-reported)What the dentist reports to the board as their practice type; it is not a license.