# Pennsylvania dental board

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

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

Last verified: 2026-07-08

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

## Direct answer

Pennsylvania State Board of Dentistry is the official dental board source Dentovio links for Pennsylvania. Use the board link for final licensure decisions, and use Dentovio's independent page to jump to Pennsylvania CE requirements, renewal notes, and foreign-trained dentist pathway references. CE snapshot: Dentists: 30 hours / 2 years (biennial); hygienists: 20 hours / 2 years (Public Health Dental Hygiene Practitioner also 20 hrs, of which 5 must be public-health related).

## Official board links

- Official board: <https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos/department-and-offices/bpoa/boards-commissions/dentistry>
- CE or renewal source used by Dentovio: <https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/049/chapter33/subchapFtoc.html&d=reduce>

## Dentovio state references

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

## CE snapshot

- Dentist: 30 hours / 2 years (biennial)
- Dental hygienist: 20 hours / 2 years (Public Health Dental Hygiene Practitioner also 20 hrs, of which 5 must be public-health related)
- Dental assistant: Expanded Function Dental Assistants (EFDAs): 10 hours / 2 years (of which 3 hours must be in coronal polishing, with limited exemptions). Non-EFDA dental assistants are not separately licensed and have no state CE requirement.

## Foreign-trained dentist pathway signal

Advanced-standing CODA DMD/DDS only. A candidate educated outside the U.S. at a nonaccredited (non-CODA) school must submit credentials to a CODA-accredited (or provisionally accredited) dental school and obtain additional preclinical and clinical training leading to the award of a D.M.D. or D.D.S. degree by that school (49 Pa. Code 33.102(a)(2)). A CODA GPR/AEGD residency alone does NOT satisfy the education requirement.

## References

- <https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos/department-and-offices/bpoa/boards-commissions/dentistry>
- <https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/049/chapter33/subchapFtoc.html&d=reduce>
- <https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F049%2Fchapter33%2Fs33.402.html&d=reduce>
- <https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/pennsylvania/49-Pa-Code-SS-33-402>
- <https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/dos/department-and-offices/bpoa/dental/Dental-Renewal-Guide.pdf>
- <https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos/department-and-offices/bpoa/boards-commissions/dentistry/dentist-licensure-snapshot>
- <https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/049/chapter33/subchapBtoc.html&d=reduce>
- <https://www.ada.org/~/media/Project/ADA%20Organization/ADA/ADA-org/Files/Education/Licensure%20by%20State/Pennsylvania_Licensure>

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- [Dental license renewal by state](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-renewal/index.html.md)
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- [Foreign-trained dentist licensure by state](https://dentovio.com/foreign-trained-dentist-licensure/index.html.md)