Notice: Active Renewal Pending Status

A number of licenses issued by the Georgia Board of Dentistry (Board) expired as of December 31, 2025, including all dentist and dental hygiene licenses. If a licensee has submitted a timely and sufficient renewal application by December 31, 2025, his/her license may be placed on "active-renewal pending" status. "Active-renewal pending" status does not mean that the registration has lapsed, is inactive, is deficient, or invalid. Rather, "active-renewal pending" status merely reflects that the licensee has submitted a timely and sufficient renewal application. Under O.C.G.A. 50-13-18(b), the license of a licensee who has made a timely and sufficient renewal application does not expire until the Board has reviewed and made a determination on the application, even if the date of that determination is after the expiration date. A licensee should save the receipt generated after submission of a timely and sufficient application as a additional proof of renewal during the period of which the application is reviewed.