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Continuing Education

continuing education Requirements

The minimum requirement for each renewal period is 50 hours of continuing education, including:
  • Basic Life Support. Licensees renewing for the first time are exempt from this requirement. (Title 16 California Code of Regulations, Sections 1016 and 1017)
  • 2 hours of California Infection Control
  • 2 hours of California Dental Practice Act

Note: Infection Control and California Dental Practice Act may be taken online at any of the registered continuing education websites (below). Eighty percent (40 hours) must be completed for Category I. The balance can be completed for Category II. No more than 25 Continuing Education hours can be completed through home study or on line coursework.

Out-of-State Continuing Education: Submit an application the the Dental Board for course approval.

REGISTERED Continuing Education Providers

Continuing education providers need to be registered by the Dental Board. To verify whether a provider is registered with California, please visit our License Verification service. To learn how to become registered continuing education provider, please visit our continuing education provider permit page.

Approved Continuing Education Websites

Provider Name: Academy of General Dentistry
Website: http://www.agd.org/publications/gd/selfinstruct/


Provider Name: Access Continuing Education
Website: http://www.accesscontinuingeducation.com/


Provider Name: The American Dental Institute
Website: http://www.adinet.org


Provider Name: California Dental Association
Website: http://www.cda.org/


Provider Name: Dental Didactics
Website: http://dentaldidactics.stores.yahoo.net/


Provider Name: The Dental Learning Network
Website: http://www.dentallearning.org


Provider Name: Dental Organization for Conscious Sedation
Website: http://www.DOCSeducation.com


Provider Name: Dentalcare.com
Website: http://www.dentalcare.com/soap/conteduc/index.htm


Provider Name: Dentassist
Website: http://www.dentassist.com


Provider Name: Dynamic Dental Educators
Website: http://www.dynamicdentaled.com


Provider Name: GSC Home Study Courses
Website: http://www.gscce.com/


Provider Name: Home Study Solutions
Website: http://www.homestudysolutions.com


Provider Name: Homestead Schools, Inc.
Website: http://www.homesteadschools.com


Provider Name: The Institute for Advanced Therapeutics, Inc.
Website: http://www.iatonline.com/CaliforniaDental.html


Provider Name: Laboratory Consultation Services, Inc.
Website: http://www.laboratoryconsultationservices.com


Provider Name: Leslie Canham Seminars
Website: http://www.lesliecanham.com/


Provider Name: OSHA Review, Inc.
Website: http://www.oshareview.com


Provider Name: Quality Dental Staffers
Website: http://www.cefordental.com


Provider Name: Tom Terry
Website: http://www.tomterry.com


Provider Name: University of the Pacific
Website: http://dental.pacific.edu/Continuing_Education.html