Verify a Texas Dental Assistant (registered/expanded function) license

liveTX Dental Board · profession key dental_assistant

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How Texas Dental Assistant (registered/expanded function) license verification works

A Dental Assistant (registered/expanded function) in Texas is licensed by the TX 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 license_type status issued expires dental_school graduated practice_type year_of_birth city county disciplinary_files remedial_files documents.

Board note: TX-TSBDE, rung 1: TSBDE's own search (ls.tsbde.texas.gov, PHP + server-side DataTables; POST lib/php/functions.php getTable with per-column filters, getRecord for the card + board-order PDFs). Tables dentist / hygienist / dentalassistant / labs. Page certifies it is a primary source. The earlier DSHS/HPC datamart links (vo.ras.dshs / vo.licensing.hpc) are the state system behind login+reCAPTCHA and are not needed. Year of birth only. Live 2026-11-03.

What a Dental Assistant (registered/expanded function) 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 Dental Assistant (registered/expanded function) 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.

Verify a Texas Dental Assistant (registered/expanded function) license by API

POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
  "person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
  "claims": [
    { "type": "license", "state": "TX", "profession": "dental_assistant", "number": "…" }
  ],
  "purpose": "employment",
  "consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}

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