Texas State Board of Dental Examiners

The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (SBDE) is a state agency of Texas. It has its headquarters in Suite 8.600 at 1801 Congress Avenue in the George H. W. Bush State Office Building in Downtown Austin, Texas^[1]. The board regulates dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants and dental labs in the state. The agency includes an executive, finance, and personnel division, a licensing division, an enforcement division, and a legal division.^[2] The dental board itself has 12 board members.^[3]