South Carolina dental board
South Carolina Board of Dentistry (SC LLR) is the official dental board source Dentovio links for South Carolina. Use the board link for final licensure decisions, and use Dentovio's independent page to jump to South Carolina CE requirements, renewal notes, and foreign-trained dentist pathway references. CE snapshot: Dentists: 28 hours / 2 years (14 hours/year); hygienists: 14 hours / 2 years (7 hours/year).
CE source
Dentovio uses this board or renewal source for the South Carolina CE summary.
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No registered 'dental assistant' CE requirement. SC registers 'dental technicians': 8 hours / 2 years (4 hours/year). No state CE requirement for chairside dental assistants.
Assistant CE pageForeign-trained dentist pathway
Advanced-standing CODA DDS/DMD only. SC Code Title 40, Ch. 15 (§40-15-140) requires 'satisfactory evidence of graduation from a dental college... accredited by the Commission [on Dental Accreditation]'. There is no statutory GPR/AEGD residency pathway to initial licensure for a non-CODA degree — a foreign-trained dentist must obtain a CODA-accredited DDS/DMD (advanced-standing program). (A narrow discretionary provision lets the Board require additional education 'in an ADA approved dental school or residency' only after 3 failed clinical exam attempts, not as a general foreign-grad pathway.)
References
- https://llr.sc.gov/bod/
- https://www.ada.org/en/education/licensure/licensure-dental-students
- https://llr.sc.gov/bod/renewals.aspx
- https://www.llr.sc.gov/bod/pdf/South%20Carolina%20Board%20of%20Dentistry%20Continuing%20Education.pdf
- https://www.scstatehouse.gov/coderegs/Chapter%2039.pdf
- https://help.cebroker.com/hc/en-us/articles/15226514070676-South-Carolina-Board-of-Dentistry
- https://www.ada.org/en/resources/licensure