Verify a Iowa Dentist license
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How Iowa Dentist license verification works
A Dentist in Iowa is licensed by the IA Dental Board. PrimaryCheck looks the license up live at the board's public verification system (board lookup) by license number, or by name when no number is supplied. The record the board publishes is captured as evidence, hashed, and rendered into a proof PDF.
Fields returned for this board: license_number profession status expires issued current_license_issued specialty address county public_documents actions.
Board note: Dental Board AMANDA portal JSON API (idbrest; per-profession search procedures; AES-ECB responses). DDS-/RDH-/QDA-/XDA- numbers, zero-padded to 5 digits; number or name search.
What a Dentist license check returns
| Field check | Passes when |
|---|---|
license_number | Equal to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros |
name | Last name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname |
license_type | The record is a Dentist license, strictly (no near-miss types) |
status | The board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag |
expires | Expiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it |
disciplinary_actions | Recorded and flagged with any order documents; never silently dropped |
Verdicts: verified, discrepancy, not_found, unable_to_verify (with a reason), pending. See how verdicts are decided.
Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact and multistate Dentist licenses
Dentist licenses can carry a multistate privilege under the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. When the Iowa record shows a multistate license, the result includes multistate: true and the privilege states. Privilege status is confirmed at the compact's own lookup, never inferred.
Verify a Iowa Dentist license by API
POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
"person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
"claims": [
{ "type": "license", "state": "IA", "profession": "dds", "number": "…" }
],
"purpose": "employment",
"consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}Quickstart · License claim reference · Run one in the dashboard
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All 51 jurisdictions: license verification coverage.