Verify a Kentucky Dentist license

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Live. We query the board directly for every check and the nightly canary is passing.

How Kentucky Dentist license verification works

A Dentist in Kentucky is licensed by the KY 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 original_issued effective expires places_of_practice previous_names actions license_history.

Board note: KY-KBD: Thentia Cloud register (dentistry.ky.gov). dds = General Dentist License, rdh = Dental Hygiene License (charitable/faculty/student limited types are not those). The register lists no dental assistants. Numbers repeat across the two types (7004 is a dentist and a hygienist) -> by-number narrows by claimed type then name. Live 2026-11-03.

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 Kentucky 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 Kentucky Dentist license by API

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

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