# Louisiana dental board

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

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

Last verified: 2026-07-08

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

## Direct answer

Louisiana State Board of Dentistry is the official dental board source Dentovio links for Louisiana. Use the board link for final licensure decisions, and use Dentovio's independent page to jump to Louisiana CE requirements, renewal notes, and foreign-trained dentist pathway references. CE snapshot: Dentists: 30 hours / 2 years; hygienists: 20 hours / 2 years.

## Official board links

- Official board: <https://www.lsbd.org/>
- CE or renewal source used by Dentovio: <https://www.lsbd.org/conted.htm>

## Dentovio state references

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

## CE snapshot

- Dentist: 30 hours / 2 years
- Dental hygienist: 20 hours / 2 years
- Dental assistant: No state CE requirement (Expanded Duty Dental Assistants are certified via an approved EDDA course, radiology training, and current CPR, but no ongoing CE mandate is specified)

## Foreign-trained dentist pathway signal

CODA postgraduate program (residency) pathway ACCEPTED — no repeat DDS/DMD required. An applicant who did NOT attend an accredited (CODA) dental school/college must successfully complete a post-graduate CODA-approved program in either general dentistry OR one of the board-approved specialties, consisting of at least two consecutive years at the same institution (the Board does not accept an accumulation of shorter programs to meet this). This is a residency/postgraduate pathway, not an advanced-standing undergraduate DDS/DMD.

## References

- <https://www.lsbd.org/>
- <https://www.lsbd.org/conted.htm>
- <https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/louisiana/La-Admin-Code-tit-46-SS-XXXIII-1611>
- <https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/louisiana/La-Admin-Code-tit-46-SS-XXXIII-1613>
- <http://www.lsbd.org/faqs.htm>
- <https://www.lsbd.org/licenseinfo.htm>
- <https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/louisiana/La-Admin-Code-tit-46-SS-XXXIII-306>
- <https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/louisiana/La-Admin-Code-tit-46-SS-XXXIII-1709>
- <https://www.ada.org/~/media/Project/ADA%20Organization/ADA/ADA-org/Files/Education/Licensure%20by%20State/Louisiana_Licensure>

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