Massachusetts Board of Registration in Dentistry: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

Sample translation: a Congolese secondary school transcript

This is what an order looks like when it is delivered, with a fictitious student. The PDF starts with the signed certification page, and the translation follows the original line for line: every abbreviation is explained, stamps, seals and signatures are noted in brackets, and the grid stays the same, so an admissions officer or a credential evaluator can match it without guessing.

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What to notice

• Two school years in the same grid as the original: every subject, grading period, exam and total, so each grade can be read against its maximum.
• The French rating abbreviations are translated (TB becomes VG, Very good), and every abbreviation is explained in a translator's note at the foot of the same page, including one the original never defines.
• Dates are written the US way (the original's 02/07/2015 is February 7, 2015).
• The photo, seals and signatures are noted in brackets where they appear.

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Massachusetts Board of Dentistry requirements in detail

Which Massachusetts license a foreign-trained dentist can get

The full dentist license requires proof of graduation from a CODA-accredited dental school, the National Boards and a Board-approved clinical exam (Apply for a dental license), so a foreign degree alone does not qualify.

The Board's limited licenses are the route it lists for foreign-trained dentists: the limited dental intern license, for dentists employed as interns, and the limited faculty license, for full-time faculty, which also needs an original letter confirming the appointment (Apply for a limited dental intern license, faculty).

Both limited license pages ask for the dental school transcript and, when it is not in English, an official translation into English (Apply for a limited dental intern license, faculty).

Other papers that may need translating

Applicants who have held a license anywhere send official letters of standing from each jurisdiction, with license number, status, seal and signature and any discipline; photocopies and screenshots are refused (Apply for a limited dental intern license).

A practice history or CV is needed if you have practiced dentistry elsewhere (Apply for a limited dental intern license).

The Board does not publish a translation rule for those letters; if one is not in English, sending a certified translation with it avoids a deficiency question.

Documents applicants usually translate

• Transcript from the foreign dental school
• Foreign dental diploma, if the Board asks
• Letters of standing from dental councils abroad
• CV or practice history with foreign-language attachments

What an eVerbary translation includes

• A complete English translation of every page, stamps, seals and handwritten notes included, laid out like the original so each line can be matched.
• Grades, hours and credits exactly as recorded, with the grading scale the document prints. We never convert marks to a US GPA or equivalency.
• A signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead, with our contact details, delivered as a PDF you can upload or print.
• $24.95 per page with no word cap, certification included; 24 hours for one to three pages as standard. Regular clients who need it can get delivery in as little as 30 minutes, on request.
• Notarization added at checkout ($34.90 per order) when the office asks for a notarized translation.

Submitting the translation to Massachusetts Board of Dentistry

• Upload the translation with the application in the Health Professions Licensing Portal; the original transcript itself must be an original, not a photocopy (Apply for a limited dental intern license).

• eVerbary can mail the translation in a sealed, signed envelope: choose the hard copy at checkout with the Board's address ($19.95 Priority or $37.95 Express in the US) and write in the order notes that it is for the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Dentistry.

How to order

1. Scan or photograph every page of the document, front and back, including any stamps on the reverse.
2. Upload it, choose the language and "certified", and see the price before paying.
3. Receive the PDF, usually within 24 hours for one to three pages, and submit it with the copy of the original wherever the office asks for it.

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