Oregon dental board
Oregon Board of Dentistry is the official dental board source Dentovio links for Oregon. Use the board link for final licensure decisions, and use Dentovio's independent page to jump to Oregon CE requirements, renewal notes, and foreign-trained dentist pathway references. CE snapshot: Dentists: 40 hours / 2 years; hygienists: 24 hours / 2 years (Expanded Practice Dental Hygienist / EPDH: 36 hours / 2 years).
CE source
Dentovio uses this board or renewal source for the Oregon CE summary.
Open CE sourceDentovio CE pageRenewal guideLookup guideOnline CEHygienist CE
24 hours / 2 years (Expanded Practice Dental Hygienist / EPDH: 36 hours / 2 years)
Hygienist CE pageAssistant CE
No state CE hour requirement for dental assistants (certificates such as EFDA/x-ray require initial competency courses, not periodic CE). N/A for periodic renewal CE.
Assistant CE pageForeign-trained dentist pathway
CODA residency (GPR) pathway accepted (as an alternative to a CODA predoctoral program), but under Oregon's 'license without further examination' rule. A graduate of a dental school outside the U.S./Canada qualifies by completing EITHER (a) a predoctoral dental education program of not less than two years at a CODA-accredited school, OR (b) a postdoctoral General Dentistry Residency of not less than two years at a CODA-accredited school (OAR 818-021-0011). So a 2-year CODA GPR can substitute for repeating dental school — but this route also requires an active unrestricted out-of-state license plus 3,500 clinical practice hours in the preceding 5 years.
References
- https://www.oregon.gov/dentistry/
- https://www.oregon.gov/dentistry/pages/ce.aspx
- https://oregon.public.law/rules/oar_818-021-0011
- https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_679.065
- https://www.oregon.gov/dentistry/Documents/Form_General_Information_International_Dentists.pdf
- https://www.oregon.gov/dentistry/pages/apply-license.aspx