# District of Columbia dental license renewal Answer: For dental license renewal in District of Columbia, use the official board for filing forms, fees, deadlines, and final instructions. Dentovio summarizes the renewal CE signals: dentists need 30 hours / 2 years; dental hygienists need Reported as 15 hours / 2 years by DC Dental Society summary; some CE-vendor sources state 20 hours / 2 years — value not confirmed against the official DCMR, treat as unconfirmed; dental assistants: Dental assistants: ~10 hours / 2 years per DC Dental Society summary (infection control 2 hrs, LGBTQ cultural competency 2 hrs, ethics 1 hr, public-health-priority hours, CPR/BLS 2 hrs); not confirmed against official DCMR. Renewal-cycle notes: 2-year cycle; licenses expire December 31 of odd-numbered years (e.g., 12/31/2025). Common mandatory topics across dentists/hygienists/assistants: infection control 2 hrs; ethics 1 hr; cultural competency/LGBTQ 2 hrs. PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITY: 10% of total required hours must be on DOH-designated public-health-priority topics (dentists 3 hrs; hygienists ~2-3 hrs). OPIOID/CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: DEA/controlled-substance-registered dentists must complete 2 hrs on abuse/misuse of controlled substances and opioid prescribing. CPR required. LIVE/SELF-STUDY: as of the 12/31/2021 renewal all hours (incl. CPR) may be completed via approved online courses (no live minimum). NOTE: dentist figure (30 hrs) is well corroborated; hygienist (15 vs 20) and assistant (10) figures conflict across sources and were not verified against the official DCMR Title 17, so confidence is medium. 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Dentovio summarizes the renewal CE signals: dentists need 30 hours / 2 years; dental hygienists need Reported as 15 hours / 2 years by DC Dental Society summary; some CE-vendor sources state 20 hours / 2 years — value not confirmed against the official DCMR, treat as unconfirmed; dental assistants: Dental assistants: ~10 hours / 2 years per DC Dental Society summary (infection control 2 hrs, LGBTQ cultural competency 2 hrs, ethics 1 hr, public-health-priority hours, CPR/BLS 2 hrs); not confirmed against official DCMR. Renewal-cycle notes: 2-year cycle; licenses expire December 31 of odd-numbered years (e.g., 12/31/2025). Common mandatory topics across dentists/hygienists/assistants: infection control 2 hrs; ethics 1 hr; cultural competency/LGBTQ 2 hrs. PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITY: 10% of total required hours must be on DOH-designated public-health-priority topics (dentists 3 hrs; hygienists ~2-3 hrs). OPIOID/CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: DEA/controlled-substance-registered dentists must complete 2 hrs on abuse/misuse of controlled substances and opioid prescribing. CPR required. LIVE/SELF-STUDY: as of the 12/31/2021 renewal all hours (incl. CPR) may be completed via approved online courses (no live minimum). NOTE: dentist figure (30 hrs) is well corroborated; hygienist (15 vs 20) and assistant (10) figures conflict across sources and were not verified against the official DCMR Title 17, so confidence is medium. ## Query patterns - District of Columbia dental license renewal - District of Columbia dentist license renewal - District of Columbia dental hygiene license renewal - District of Columbia dental license renewal requirements - District of Columbia dental board license renewal - District of Columbia dental CE for license renewal - District of Columbia dental license renewal online - District of Columbia dental board renewal Source citations: - `CE-DISTRICT-OF-COLUMBIA-1` District of Columbia dental license renewal source 1. - `CE-DISTRICT-OF-COLUMBIA-2` District of Columbia dental license renewal source 2. - `CE-DISTRICT-OF-COLUMBIA-3` District of Columbia dental license renewal source 3. - `CE-DISTRICT-OF-COLUMBIA-4` District of Columbia dental license renewal source 4. ## Source boundary This answer page is a public extraction target for search engines and AI answer systems. 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