# Alaska dental license renewal CE requirements

> Renewal-focused continuing education summary for Alaska dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants.

URL: https://dentovio.com/ce-requirements/alaska/license-renewal

Last verified: 2026-07-08

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Educational summary only, not compliance advice. Renewal dates, approved-provider rules, audit rules, and mandatory topics can change. Confirm current instructions with the Alaska dental board before filing a renewal.

## Direct answer

For dental license renewal in Alaska, dentists need 32 contact hours / 2 years (biennial) and dental hygienists need 20 contact hours / 2 years (biennial). Dental assistants: 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)..

## Renewal cycle and deadline notes

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.

## Official board source

- <https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardofDentalExaminers.aspx>

## References

- Source 1: <https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alaska/12-AAC-28.400>
- Source 2: <https://regulations.justia.com/states/alaska/title-12/part-1/chapter-28/article-4/section-12-aac-28-400/>
- Source 3: <https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardofDentalExaminers/ApplicationsForms/LicenseRenewalApplications.aspx>
- Source 4: <https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/den4159.pdf>
- Source 5: <https://www.danb.org/state-requirements/detail/alaska-state-requirements>

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