What is the Rhode Island dental board?

Rhode Island Board of Examiners in Dentistry (RI Department of Health) is the official dental board source Dentovio links for Rhode Island. Use the board link for final licensure decisions, and use Dentovio's independent page to jump to Rhode Island CE requirements, renewal notes, and foreign-trained dentist pathway references. CE snapshot: Dentists: 40 hours / 2 years; hygienists: 20 hours / 2 years.

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island dental board

The Rhode Island dental board is the official source for final licensure decisions. Its site and Dentovio's independent state references are below.

Official board

Rhode Island Board of Examiners in Dentistry (RI Department of Health)

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CE source

Dentovio uses this board or renewal source for the Rhode Island CE summary.

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Dentist CE

40 hours / 2 years

Dentist CE page

Hygienist CE

20 hours / 2 years

Hygienist CE page

Assistant CE

No specific CE hour total for dental assistants, but all dental assistants practicing in a dental setting must maintain: current hands-on BLS certification and at least 1 hour/year of CDC Infection Control Guidelines training. N/A for a numeric CE total.

Assistant CE page

Foreign-trained dentist pathway

For full/general licensure: advanced-standing CODA DDS/DMD only. Applicants must present evidence of graduation from a dental school accredited by CODA (or its designated agency) — R.I. Gen. Laws 5-31.1-6(b)(1) and 216-RICR-40-05-2.4.6(A)(3). No GPR/AEGD residency-to-full-license pathway exists in the current rules, so a non-CODA foreign graduate must complete a CODA advanced-standing DDS/DMD. NOTE: a 2026 bill (S2862) creating a supervised LIMITED-license pathway for foreign-trained dentists passed the RI Senate on June 4, 2026 but had not been signed into law as of these sources — verify current status with the Board.

Licensure page Residency pathway

References

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