Illinois dental board
Illinois Dept. of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) / Board of Dentistry is the official dental board source Dentovio links for Illinois. Use the board link for final licensure decisions, and use Dentovio's independent page to jump to Illinois CE requirements, renewal notes, and foreign-trained dentist pathway references. CE snapshot: Dentists: 48 hours / 3 years (triennial licensing period); hygienists: 36 hours / 3 years (triennial licensing period).
Official board
Illinois Dept. of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) / Board of Dentistry
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No state CE requirement (Illinois dental assistants are not separately licensed with CE obligations)
Assistant CE pageForeign-trained dentist pathway
Residency/advanced-education pathway accepted (alternative). Under 225 ILCS 25/9(c)(2) and 68 Ill. Adm. Code 1220.100(b), a graduate of a dental school OUTSIDE the US/Canada may qualify by EITHER (A) completing a minimum of 2 academic years (2850 clock hours) of general dental clinical training at a US/Canadian CODA-approved dental school and obtaining a DDS/DMD (advanced standing), OR (B) in the alternative, certification from the program director of a CODA-accredited advanced dental education program of completion of no less than 2 academic years — substituting for the 2 years of clinical training. The rule names advanced-education programs in prosthodontics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, endodontics, orthodontics, and oral & maxillofacial surgery as acceptable.
References
- https://idfpr.illinois.gov/profs/dentist.html
- https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/renewals/apply/forms/f1661dn.pdf
- https://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/068/068012200d04400r.html
- https://www.isds.org/continuing-education/illinois-license-requirements
- https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=1296
- https://www.ada.org/~/media/Project/ADA%20Organization/ADA/ADA-org/Files/Education/Licensure%20by%20State/Illinois_Licensure
- https://www.ilga.gov/agencies/JCAR/EntirePart?titlepart=06801220