Dentovio public answer

New Jersey dental license renewal

For dental license renewal in New Jersey, use the official board for filing forms, fees, deadlines, and final instructions. Dentovio summarizes the renewal CE signals: dentists need 40 hours / 2 years (biennial); dental hygienists need 20 hours / 2 years (biennial); dental assistants: 10 hours / 2 years (biennial) — Registered Dental Assistants and Limited Registered Dental Assistants have a CE requirement. Renewal-cycle notes: Biennial renewal. Dentist mandatory hours (10 of the 40): 3 hrs CPR (hands-on, AHA-standard, in-person), 2 hrs infection control/prevention, 3 hrs pharmacology & internal medicine (incl. NJ Prescription Monitoring Program), 1 hr prescription opioids, 1 hr professional ethics & NJ law/jurisprudence. Hygienist mandatory (6 of 20): 3 hrs CPR (in-person), 1 hr infection control, 1 hr professional ethics/NJ law, 1 hr prescription opioids. Assistants: same 6 mandatory-topic structure within their 10 hrs. Distance-learning/self-study cap: no more than one-half of required hours may be via written/electronic distance learning — 20 hrs max for dentists, 10 hrs max for hygienists, 5 hrs max for assistants; live synchronous webinars count as in-person and are not capped. Dentists may carry over up to 7 excess credits to the next biennium.