# New York dental license renewal CE requirements

Answer: For dental license renewal in New York, dentists need 60 contact hours / 3 years (triennial registration) and dental hygienists need 24 contact hours / 3 years (triennial registration). Dental assistants: No state CE requirement — NY does not license/register 'dental assistants' as a CE-bearing profession (certified dental assisting is regulated separately and lacks a triennial CE mandate like dentists/hygienists) Renewal-cycle notes: Three-year registration cycle. Live-vs-self-study caps: dentists must earn at least 70% (42 of 60 hrs) via live courses — max 18 self-study hrs; hygienists must earn at least 7/12 (14 of 24 hrs) live. Mandatory topics — Dentists: one-time 3-hr dental jurisprudence & ethics course, one-time 2-hr tobacco/oral-health course (first applicable registration), continuous CPR certification, and a State-approved infection... Confirm current renewal instructions with the New York dental board before filing.

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## Direct answer

For dental license renewal in New York, dentists need 60 contact hours / 3 years (triennial registration) and dental hygienists need 24 contact hours / 3 years (triennial registration). Dental assistants: No state CE requirement — NY does not license/register 'dental assistants' as a CE-bearing profession (certified dental assisting is regulated separately and lacks a triennial CE mandate like dentists/hygienists) Renewal-cycle notes: Three-year registration cycle. Live-vs-self-study caps: dentists must earn at least 70% (42 of 60 hrs) via live courses — max 18 self-study hrs; hygienists must earn at least 7/12 (14 of 24 hrs) live. Mandatory topics — Dentists: one-time 3-hr dental jurisprudence & ethics course, one-time 2-hr tobacco/oral-health course (first applicable registration), continuous CPR certification, and a State-approved infection... Confirm current renewal instructions with the New York dental board before filing.

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Source citations:
- `CE-NEW-YORK-1` New York dental CE requirement source 1. <https://www.op.nysed.gov/professions/dentists/continuing-education-q-a>
- `CE-NEW-YORK-2` New York dental CE requirement source 2. <https://www.op.nysed.gov/professions/dental-hygienists/continuing-education-q-a>

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