# Florida dental board

> Official board link and Dentovio's independent source-backed state references for Florida dental CE, license renewal, and foreign-trained dentist pathways.

URL: https://dentovio.com/dental-boards/florida

Last verified: 2026-07-08

Dentovio is not the Florida dental board. This is an independent educational directory; confirm final licensure, renewal, discipline, fee, form, and application decisions with the official board.

## Direct answer

Florida Board of Dentistry (Florida Department of Health) is the official dental board source Dentovio links for Florida. Use the board link for final licensure decisions, and use Dentovio's independent page to jump to Florida CE requirements, renewal notes, and foreign-trained dentist pathway references. CE snapshot: Dentists: 30 hours / 2 years (biennium); hygienists: 24 hours / 2 years (biennium).

## Official board links

- Official board: <https://floridasdentistry.gov/dentist/>
- CE or renewal source used by Dentovio: <https://floridasdentistry.gov/dentist-renewal/>

## Dentovio state references

- [Florida dental CE requirements](https://dentovio.com/ce-requirements/florida/index.html.md)
- [Florida online dental CE](https://dentovio.com/online-dental-ce/florida/index.html.md)
- [Florida dental license lookup](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-lookup/florida/index.html.md)
- [Florida dental license renewal](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-renewal/florida/index.html.md)
- [Florida dental license renewal CE requirements](https://dentovio.com/ce-requirements/florida/license-renewal/index.html.md)
- [Florida dentist CE requirements](https://dentovio.com/ce-requirements/florida/dentist/index.html.md)
- [Foreign-trained dentist license in Florida](https://dentovio.com/foreign-trained-dentist-license/florida/index.html.md)
- [Florida foreign-trained dentist residency pathway](https://dentovio.com/foreign-trained-dentist-license/florida/residency-pathway/index.html.md)

## CE snapshot

- Dentist: 30 hours / 2 years (biennium)
- Dental hygienist: 24 hours / 2 years (biennium)
- Dental assistant: No CE requirement — Florida does not license or register dental assistants generally, and no CE is required (radiography/expanded-function certificates are training-based, not CE-hour based)

## Foreign-trained dentist pathway signal

Advanced-standing / supplemental CODA program required — NOT a residency pathway. Under s. 466.006, Fla. Stat., a graduate of a non-CODA (foreign) dental school must complete at least 2 consecutive academic years of full-time study in a CODA-accredited supplemental general dentistry program that provides didactic and clinical education at the DDS/DMD level. The statute expressly excludes advanced education programs in a dental specialty, and experience gained under a teaching/residency permit does NOT count toward this requirement — so a GPR/AEGD or specialty residency is NOT an accepted substitute.

## References

- <https://floridasdentistry.gov/dentist/>
- <https://floridasdentistry.gov/dentist-renewal/>
- <https://floridasdentistry.gov/dental-hygienist-renewal/>
- <https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/florida/Fla-Admin-Code-Ann-R-64B5-12-013>
- <https://florida.public.law/statutes/fla._stat._466.014>
- <https://www.flsenate.gov/laws/statutes/2023/466.006>
- <https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0400-0499%2F0466%2F0466.html>
- <https://floridasdentistry.gov/Applications/dentistry-licensure-app.pdf>

## Related

- [All dental boards by state](https://dentovio.com/dental-boards/index.html.md)
- [Online dental CE by state](https://dentovio.com/online-dental-ce/index.html.md)
- [Dental license lookup by state](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-lookup/index.html.md)
- [Dental license renewal by state](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-renewal/index.html.md)
- [Dental CE requirements by state](https://dentovio.com/ce-requirements/index.html.md)
- [Foreign-trained dentist licensure by state](https://dentovio.com/foreign-trained-dentist-licensure/index.html.md)