Connecticut dental board
Connecticut Dental Commission / Department of Public Health (DPH), Practitioner Licensing & Investigations is the official dental board source Dentovio links for Connecticut. Use the board link for final licensure decisions, and use Dentovio's independent page to jump to Connecticut CE requirements, renewal notes, and foreign-trained dentist pathway references. CE snapshot: Dentists: 25 contact hours / 2 years; hygienists: 16 contact hours / 2 years.
Official board
Connecticut Dental Commission / Department of Public Health (DPH), Practitioner Licensing & Investigations
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No general CE-hours requirement (CT does not license dental assistants broadly); dental assistants performing radiography must hold DANB radiation-safety certification, but no board-published biennial CE-hour total
Assistant CE pageForeign-trained dentist pathway
CODA residency (postgraduate training) pathway accepted — no advanced-standing DDS/DMD required. Per Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-107 and DPH rules, a foreign dental school graduate (DDS/DMD or equivalent) may qualify by completing (1) not less than 2 years of graduate dental training as a resident in a CODA-accredited program, AND (2) at least 3 additional years (beyond the second postgraduate year) of CODA-accredited residency/fellowship training in a Connecticut school of dentistry — OR serve as a full-time faculty member in a Connecticut dental school for at least 3 years. This is a residency/faculty pathway that does NOT require repeating dental school.
References
- https://portal.ct.gov/dph/practitioner-licensing--investigations/dentist/licensure-eligibility-requirements-of-graduate-of-foreign-dental-schools
- https://portal.ct.gov/DPH/Practitioner-Licensing--Investigations/Dentist/Dentist-Continuing-Education-Information
- https://portal.ct.gov/dph/practitioner-licensing--investigations/dentalhygiene/dental-hygienist-continuing-education
- https://law.justia.com/codes/connecticut/title-20/chapter-379/section-20-126c/
- https://law.justia.com/codes/connecticut/title-20/chapter-379/section-20-107/
- https://www.cga.ct.gov/PS98/rpt/olr/htm/98-R-0051.htm