Maxillofacial Prosthetics Programs
There are 10 CODA-accredited maxillofacial prosthetics programs in the United States, across 8 states: Alabama, California, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas.
Nine are accredited under CODA's "Maxillofacial Prosthetics" program type and one under the combined "Prosthodontics/Maxillofacial Prosthetics" type.
Every program below is listed with its institution, city, state, current accreditation status, and the years of CODA's last and next accreditation visits, pulled directly from the Commission on Dental Accreditation's own program directory.
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At a glance
Nationwide
Programs
10
With a program
States
8
Approval without Reporting Requirements
Fully approved
9 of 10
Every CODA-Accredited Program in the United States
Source: CODA program directory, index dated 2026-09-09. CODA classes these as advanced dental education programs; status terms (“Approval without Reporting Requirements,” “Approval with Reporting Requirements,” “Initial Accreditation,” etc.) are CODA’s own.
Reading the List: What the Accreditation Statuses Mean
Every status shown above is CODA's own term, not this site's. "Approval (without Reporting Requirements)" is the classification CODA grants when a program "achieves or exceeds the basic requirements for accreditation." "Approval (with Reporting Requirements)" would mean CODA had identified specific deficiencies the program must correct within a set timeframe. "Initial Accreditation" — the status one program on this list carries — marks a program that CODA classifies as not yet fully operational, meaning it has not yet enrolled and graduated at least one class of students.
The last- and next-visit years are CODA's accreditation-visit schedule, not anything set by the program.
For admissions requirements or program structure, contact the program directly.
Maxillofacial Prosthetics and the CODA Type Names
"Maxillofacial Prosthetics" and "Prosthodontics/Maxillofacial Prosthetics" are CODA's own type names for the advanced dental education programs listed above — the table shows which type each program is accredited under.
Maxillofacial prosthetics is not itself one of the 12 dental specialties recognized by the National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards.
Prosthodontics is: it was recognized in 2018, and its certifying board is the American Board of Prosthodontics.
See our prosthodontist career guide for the specialty overall, our guide to how to become a prosthodontist for the step-by-step path, and our guide to the prosthodontics residency for what CODA's accreditation standards require.
For how all 12 recognized specialties fit together, see the 12 dental specialties.
After the Program
Completing an advanced dental education program is not itself a license: practice happens under a dentist license in the state where you work (some states also issue a separate specialty license), and what any given state requires is set by that state's own dental board, not by CODA or by this site.
That holds whether the program was completed in the same state you plan to practice in or across the country — CODA accreditation is a national standing, not a state one, so it travels with the graduate.
For the broader path from dental school through licensure and the referral-driven nature of prosthodontic practice, see the prosthodontist career guide.
When you are ready to look at what's hiring, search current prosthodontist jobs nationwide.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many CODA-accredited maxillofacial prosthetics programs are there?
There are 10 CODA-accredited maxillofacial prosthetics programs in the United States, across 8 states: Alabama, California, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas.
Each is listed above with its institution, city, state and current CODA accreditation status.
CODA's own directory is the definitive, up-to-date source — confirm a program's status directly with CODA before applying.
Is maxillofacial prosthetics a recognized dental specialty?
Not on its own.
The National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards recognizes 12 dental specialties, and prosthodontics is one of them, recognized in 2018 with the American Board of Prosthodontics as its certifying board.
Maxillofacial prosthetics is a CODA program type within that field, not a separate recognized specialty.
What's the difference between the two CODA type names on this list?
"Maxillofacial Prosthetics" and "Prosthodontics/Maxillofacial Prosthetics" are CODA's own program-type labels in its accredited-program directory, and the table above shows which one each program is accredited under.
Beyond the type name itself, this directory does not characterize what distinguishes them — contact the program or CODA directly for that.
Does it matter which state the program is in?
Not for the accreditation itself — CODA accreditation is national, so a program completed in any of the 8 states carries the same accreditation standing everywhere.
What a state requires before it will license a dentist to practice is set by that state's own dental board, so confirm licensure requirements with the board in the state where you plan to work.
Is every program on this list accredited?
Every program above is shown with the CODA accreditation status CODA had published for it as of 2026-09-09, the date this directory was last pulled from CODA's own program search. "Approval without Reporting Requirements" is CODA's standard fully-accredited standing; other status terms on this page — such as "Approval with Reporting Requirements," "Initial Accreditation," "Withdrawn," or a "teach-out" qualifier — mean something different, and a status can change after that date.
Confirm a program's current status directly with CODA before applying.
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Sourced from the CODA program directory (index dated 2026-09-09). Verified September 2026. Program details change. Confirm accreditation status, admission requirements and costs with the program and with CODA before applying.