# Michigan dental board > Official board link and Dentovio's independent source-backed state references for Michigan dental CE, license renewal, and foreign-trained dentist pathways. URL: https://dentovio.com/dental-boards/michigan Last verified: 2026-07-08 Dentovio is not the Michigan dental board. This is an independent educational directory; confirm final licensure, renewal, discipline, fee, form, and application decisions with the official board. ## Direct answer Michigan Board of Dentistry (Dept. of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs / LARA) is the official dental board source Dentovio links for Michigan. Use the board link for final licensure decisions, and use Dentovio's independent page to jump to Michigan CE requirements, renewal notes, and foreign-trained dentist pathway references. CE snapshot: Dentists: 60 hours / 3 years; hygienists: 36 hours / 3 years. ## Official board links - Official board: - CE or renewal source used by Dentovio: ## Dentovio state references - [Michigan dental CE requirements](https://dentovio.com/ce-requirements/michigan/index.html.md) - [Michigan online dental CE](https://dentovio.com/online-dental-ce/michigan/index.html.md) - [Michigan dental license lookup](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-lookup/michigan/index.html.md) - [Michigan dental license renewal](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-renewal/michigan/index.html.md) - [Michigan dental license renewal CE requirements](https://dentovio.com/ce-requirements/michigan/license-renewal/index.html.md) - [Michigan dentist CE requirements](https://dentovio.com/ce-requirements/michigan/dentist/index.html.md) - [Foreign-trained dentist license in Michigan](https://dentovio.com/foreign-trained-dentist-license/michigan/index.html.md) - [Michigan foreign-trained dentist residency pathway](https://dentovio.com/foreign-trained-dentist-license/michigan/residency-pathway/index.html.md) ## CE snapshot - Dentist: 60 hours / 3 years - Dental hygienist: 36 hours / 3 years - Dental assistant: Registered Dental Assistants (RDA): 36 hours / 3 years, same structure as hygienists — 2 hrs pain/symptom management, 1 hr ethics & jurisprudence (incl. delegation to allied personnel), 1 hr infection control, one-time 1-hr human trafficking; ~12 of 36 in credential-specific courses; implicit bias training (1 hr per license-year, additional to the 36); must maintain BLS/CPR. Up to 18 of 36 hrs may be asynchronous/online. ## Foreign-trained dentist pathway signal CODA post-degree/advanced clinical pathway accepted — a foreign (non-CODA) dentist does NOT have to repeat a full DDS. Michigan (Admin. Rule 650 / R 338.11xxx, 'Graduates of foreign dental schools') requires a graduate of a non-CODA foreign dental school to complete EITHER (a) a minimum of 2 years / 2,850 clock hours of clinical training at a CODA-accredited U.S. or Canadian dental program (an 'advanced standing' program, offered e.g. at Univ. of Detroit Mercy and Univ. of Michigan), OR (b) a minimum 2-year master's degree or certificate program in a CODA-accredited specialty branch of dentistry. This is a 2-year advanced-standing/postdoctoral requirement rather than a full 4-year DDS repeat. ## References - - - - - - ## 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)