Alaska dental board
Alaska Board of Dental Examiners (Dept. of Commerce, Community & Economic Development) is the official dental board source Dentovio links for Alaska. Use the board link for final licensure decisions, and use Dentovio's independent page to jump to Alaska CE requirements, renewal notes, and foreign-trained dentist pathway references. CE snapshot: Dentists: 32 contact hours / 2 years (biennial); hygienists: 20 contact hours / 2 years (biennial).
Official board
Alaska Board of Dental Examiners (Dept. of Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
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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).
Assistant CE pageForeign-trained dentist pathway
CODA residency (GPR/AEGD) pathway accepted in lieu of a regional clinical exam. Under 12 AAC 28.940(a)(8)(D), an applicant may qualify by showing satisfactory completion of a clinically-based postdoctoral GPR or AEGD program of at least one year's duration in a CODA-accredited hospital/dental facility, with a formal evaluation of competence — as an alternative to a regional clinical examination or a 2-year CODA specialty program. However, the applicant must still hold a dental degree from a school meeting 12 AAC 28.938 and pass NBDE I & II or the iNBDE; whether a non-CODA foreign degree independently satisfies 12 AAC 28.938 should be verified with the board.
References
- https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardofDentalExaminers.aspx
- 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
- https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/dentalstatutes.pdf
- https://www.ada.org/~/media/Project/ADA%20Organization/ADA/ADA-org/Files/Education/Licensure%20by%20State/Alaska_Licensure