Alabama dental board
Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama (BDEAL) is the official dental board source Dentovio links for Alabama. Use the board link for final licensure decisions, and use Dentovio's independent page to jump to Alabama CE requirements, renewal notes, and foreign-trained dentist pathway references. CE snapshot: Dentists: 20 hours / 1 year (annual); hygienists: 12 hours / 1 year (annual).
CE source
Dentovio uses this board or renewal source for the Alabama CE summary.
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No state CE requirement for dental assistants (CPR required only for assistants aiding in oral conscious sedation; DANB-certified assistants follow separate DANB annual CE renewal).
Assistant CE pageForeign-trained dentist pathway
Advanced-standing CODA DDS/DMD only. Code of Ala. § 34-9-10(a) requires every licensure applicant to be a graduate of a dental school accredited by the ADA Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). A foreign/non-CODA graduate cannot be licensed on the foreign degree; they must earn a CODA-accredited DDS/DMD (typically via a 2+ year advanced-standing/international program). Completing only a residency does NOT cure a non-CODA initial degree for initial licensure. (A separate 1-year CODA residency is referenced in the licensure-by-credentials context, but credentialing requires an existing valid U.S. state license.)
References
- https://dentalboard.org/
- https://dentalboard.org/professionals/continuing-education/
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alabama/Ala-Admin-Code-r-270-X-4-.04
- https://dentalboard.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/APA2-270-X-4-.04-Mandatory-Continuing-Education-for-Dentists-and-Dental-Hygienists-Easy-to-Read.pdf
- https://www.danb.org/state-requirements/detail/alabama-state-requirements
- https://dentalboard.org/state-licensure-applications/
- https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-34/chapter-9/article-1/section-34-9-10/
- https://admincode.legislature.state.al.us/administrative-code/270-X-2-.19
- https://www.ada.org/~/media/Project/ADA%20Organization/ADA/ADA-org/Files/Education/Licensure%20by%20State/Alabama_Licensure