Iowa dental license renewal

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For dental license renewal in Iowa, 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 30 hours / 2 years; dental assistants: 20 hours / 2 years (Registered Dental Assistants). Renewal-cycle notes: Biennial. Mandatory (min 1 hr each unless noted): infection control; Iowa jurisprudence; CPR/BLS with hands-on clinical component (may claim up to 3 hrs); opioid training for dentists who prescribe; mandatory reporter (child & dependent adult abuse) training, renewed every 3 years; sedation permit holders 6 hrs; RDAs with radiography 2 hrs radiography. Self-study capped at 12 hours per renewal period for all licensees/registrants. Carryover from prior period: up to 15 hrs (dentists/hygienists/faculty), up to 10 hrs (RDAs); carryover cannot apply to CPR, infection control, jurisprudence, radiography, or opioid categories. Governed by IAC 481-Chapter 573.