Alaska dental CE requirements
Continuing education for license renewal in Alaska, by role. Confirm current rules with the board before you rely on them.
Dental assistant
No state CE requirement for dental assistants for renewal (coronal-polishing certificate renews Dec 31 of even years; DANB-certified assistants follow separate DANB annual CE renewal).
Role pageRenewal cycle & mandatory topics
Biennial cycle; licenses expire Feb 28 of odd-numbered years and are renewed every two years. Per 12 AAC 28.400: dentists complete >=32 contact hours; hygienists >=20 contact hours (one contact hour = min 50 minutes of instruction). CPR certification required (per 12 AAC 28.920). Opioid/controlled-substance: if the licensee holds a valid federal DEA registration number, at least 2 hours of CE in pain management and opioid use and addiction. The regulation (12 AAC 28.400) does not itself impose a home-study/self-study cap; secondary sources report all hours may be completed by home study and note content limits (e.g., ~3 hrs practice/risk-management, ~2 hrs volunteer charity care) that were not confirmed in the cited regulation text. No infection-control or law/ethics hour mandate found in the regulation.
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Dentist requirement — Alaska
32 contact hours / 2 years (biennial)
32 hours to go
0 of 32 toward this cycle (best-effort parse — confirm exact rules with the board).
Cycle & mandatory topics
Biennial cycle; licenses expire Feb 28 of odd-numbered years and are renewed every two years. Per 12 AAC 28.400: dentists complete >=32 contact hours; hygienists >=20 contact hours (one contact hour = min 50 minutes of instruction). CPR certification required (per 12 AAC 28.920). Opioid/controlled-substance: if the licensee holds a valid federal DEA registration number, at least 2 hours of CE in pain management and opioid use and addiction. The regulation (12 AAC 28.400) does not itself impose a home-study/self-study cap; secondary sources report all hours may be completed by home study and note content limits (e.g., ~3 hrs practice/risk-management, ~2 hrs volunteer charity care) that were not confirmed in the cited regulation text. No infection-control or law/ethics hour mandate found in the regulation.
References
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alaska/12-AAC-28.400
- https://regulations.justia.com/states/alaska/title-12/part-1/chapter-28/article-4/section-12-aac-28-400/
- https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardofDentalExaminers/ApplicationsForms/LicenseRenewalApplications.aspx
- https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/den4159.pdf
- https://www.danb.org/state-requirements/detail/alaska-state-requirements