S4184 • 2026

Requires New Jersey State Board of Dentistry to include oralfacial pain as a special area of dentistry.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: McKnight, Angela V.
Last action: 2026-05-11
Official status: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Requires New Jersey State Board of Dentistry to include oralfacial pain as a special area of dentistry.

What This Bill Does

Requires New Jersey State Board of Dentistry to include oralfacial pain as a special area of dentistry.
Topic: Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-05-11 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires New Jersey State Board of Dentistry to include oralfacial pain as a special area of dentistry.
Topic:
Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S4184

SENATE, No. 4184

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 11, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires New Jersey State Board of Dentistry to
include orofacial pain as a special area of dentistry.�

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry and
supplementing Title 45 of the Revised Statutes.

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� In accordance with the
"Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.),
the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry shall adopt rules and regulations that
include orofacial pain as a special area of dentistry that may be announced as
a specialty dental practice by a licensed dentist pursuant to N.J.A.C.13:30-6.1
or its successor regulation.

���� 2.� This act shall take effect
immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the New
Jersey State Board of Dentistry to adopt rules and regulations that include
orofacial pain as a special area of dentistry that may be announced as a
specialty dental practice by a licensed dentist pursuant.� Under current
regulations, the following special areas of dentistry are recognized by the New
Jersey State Board of Dentistry:� endodontics; oral or maxillofacial surgery;
oral or maxillofacial radiology; oral pathology; orthodontics; pediatric
dentistry, also called pedodontics; periodontics; prosthodontics; and public
health.� In order to announce to the public that the dentist is a specialist or
specializes in one or more areas of dental practice, a dentist licensed in this
State is required to obtain a permit from the New Jersey State Board of
Dentistry, which board will grant the applicant permission to announce a dental
specialty or specialization of a dental practice if certain requirements are
met.