# Dental > US dental practice and infection-control compliance: CDC dental infection-control guidelines, state dental board licensure and scope-of-practice rules, and NIH National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) clinical reference — grounded exclusively in cdc.gov, state dental board regulations, and nidcr.nih.gov. General dental reference only. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Source: MIND (m-i-n-d.ai) Hub: https://www.m-i-n-d.ai/minds/dental