Dentist CE
60 contact hours / 3 years (triennial registration)
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State CPR/BLS
New York's dental renewal rules cover CPR and BLS. The board's exact wording, who it applies to, and whether it counts toward CE hours are below.
Dentist CE
60 contact hours / 3 years (triennial registration)
Hygienist CE
24 contact hours / 3 years (triennial registration)
Assistant CE
No state CE requirement — NY does not license/register 'dental assistants' as a CE-bearing profession (certified dental assisting is regulated separately and lacks a triennial CE mandate like dentists/hygienists)
Three-year registration cycle. Live-vs-self-study caps: dentists must earn at least 70% (42 of 60 hrs) via live courses — max 18 self-study hrs; hygienists must earn at least 7/12 (14 of 24 hrs) live. Mandatory topics — Dentists: one-time 3-hr dental jurisprudence & ethics course, one-time 2-hr tobacco/oral-health course (first applicable registration), continuous CPR certification, and a State-approved infection control course every 4 years. Hygienists: State-approved infection control course every 4 years (no jurisprudence or CPR mandate). Both dentists and hygienists are mandated reporters and must complete NYSED-approved child abuse identification/reporting training (2 hrs; updated protocol deadline Nov 17, 2026). No specific opioid/controlled-substance CE mandate identified. Records kept 6 years.