Did you miss this line that was in the link you posted?

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This licensure by credentials requirement of active, continuous practice for a
specified period of time, should not be confused with the

authority that state dental boards possess in granting initial licensure. For
initial licensure, state law permits boards to accept the

examination results of a regional dental clinical testing agency for a period of
time (again generally 5 years) whether or not the applicant is

licensed or has practiced in another state. The only requirement is that the
state will accept the results of that regional exam.

I am afraid you are stuck...  California started letting foreign trained
dentists in to serve areas lacking adequate care.  Many foreign dentists
have tried to use this as a spring board to get licensure in other States,
and it does not work that way.  I doubt you could get licensure in the East
Coast without completely further training.  JMHO.

You will note that this document states that "dentists are strongly
urged to contact the dental board of the state in which license
recognition is sought." You should contact directly the board of the
state in which you want to practice.

I am sorry that the government of California has tricked a number of
dentists into believing that a foreign dental education that is not
fully accredited in the United States would be enough to practice in
the U.S.A.

After practicing in California, many of these dentists are surprised to
learn that their California credentials are recognized by no other
state.

The state government has enticed foreign-educated dentists to come to
California in order to staff many of the high-volume welfare clinics
which had trouble recruiting American dentists due to low wages and
difficult working conditions. This saves the state treasury a
considerable amount of money, so years ago, the state changed its
educational standards to permit dentists to be licensed even without an
accredited education.

The other states are aware of this, and my understanding is that they
refuse to lower their educational requirements just to please the
politicians in California. Fortunately, many U.S. dental schools have
programs which evaluate the educational attainments of foreign-trained
dentists and allow them to complete the requirements for a U.S. dental
degree in only two years, instead of the full four years.

It's ironic that California schools also offer this program, which
allows foreign-trained dentists (who may even be licensed in
California) to obtain a fully accredited education, and thus become
eligible to apply for licensure in the other 49 states.

If you are working in a high-volume clinic, I can understand your
unhappiness. But remember that your license is good anywhere in
California and you are NOT tied down to one office or one city, or to
one region of the state.

California is a huge state with many different kinds of communities and
many different income levels. There are large cities, scattered
suburbs, and many far-flung rural areas as well. If you look around the
state you could probably find a community to match almost any kind of
community you would find on the East Coast.

Since you already have a California license, it would probably be
easier to move to a different location within the state than to go
through the process of becoming eligible to practice in the other
states.

As you already have a dental license which is good anywhere in the
entire state, why would you want to move all the way out of state?

- dentaldoc