Authority and scope
Check the license and concern
The Board and Dental Hygienist Committee oversee dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, expanded function dental auxiliaries and community dental health coordinators. The Board’s current FAQ also describes dental therapist licensure. Its overview confirms that it investigates public complaints about unethical or unprofessional conduct.
Supporting guidance: New Mexico: Dental Health Care overview ↗New Mexico: Dental Health Care FAQ ↗
Choose the right licensing authority
Dental Health Care complaint portal
Board and Hygiene Committee starting point; current submission requirements remain unverified.
Open this official route ↗Confirm the filing instructions
- RLD’s current online-services page includes Dental Health Care and directs Boards and Commissions complaints to the NM-PLUS complaint form. The portal displayed no readable intake fields; required signature, releases and uploads remain unverified.
- For current instructions or an accessible alternative, contact the Board at 505-476-4622 or Dental.Board@rld.nm.gov. Ask whether a signature, records authorization, supporting documents, or a particular submission method is required.
- Have the professional’s name and credential, clinic, treatment dates, relevant records and a factual chronology ready. Confirm how to send sensitive patient information before transmitting it.
Supporting guidance: New Mexico: Dental Health Care overview ↗New Mexico: Boards and Commissions online services ↗
What this route may not provide
The overview establishes a licensing and disciplinary role. This check did not establish authority to order refunds, compensation, or correction of treatment. Ask the Board to distinguish a professional-practice allegation from an office payment dispute or an insurance coverage dispute before relying on this route for financial relief.
Supporting guidance: New Mexico: Dental Health Care overview ↗
Do not guess about confidentiality
Anonymous filing, identity disclosure to the professional, and complaint confidentiality were not established. Ask the Board specifically about each; a public-records link on its website is not a promise of anonymity.
Ask promptly; no filing deadline verified
A filing deadline was not established by this check; ask promptly. No dental complaint investigation target or completion period was verified. Do not substitute another profession’s time limits or a civil lawsuit deadline.
What may happen after filing
The Board says it investigates public complaints and can take disciplinary action. The intake, investigation and notification steps remain unverified; request its current complaint-process explanation.
Supporting guidance: New Mexico: Dental Health Care overview ↗
Prepare a reviewable submission
State the concern you want reviewed, give a short chronology and factual consequences, and explain your request. Keep supporting records and follow the receiving authority’s instructions before attaching or sending them.
Sources and scope
Some agency-linked forms and destinations could not be read. Source-check dates apply to the material listed below; they do not establish that every linked portal was inspected or a complaint submitted.
New Mexico: Dental Health Care overview ↗
Regulated credentials, public complaint role, contact details and linked portal.
Source checked: September 19, 2026
New Mexico: Dental Health Care FAQ ↗
Dental therapist licensure and other credential-specific information.
Source checked: September 19, 2026
New Mexico: Boards and Commissions online services ↗
Dental Health Care included in NM-PLUS; official Boards and Commissions complaint portal link, without readable intake fields.
Source checked: September 30, 2026
Latest guide source check: September 30, 2026. Individual sources retain their own check dates. This records a review of the linked material, not a decision about your case. No clinical or legal reviewer is identified for this guide. Confirm current instructions with the receiving authority.