Dental assistant CE snapshot
Registered dental assistants (and limited registered dental assistants in orthodontics): 10 hours / 2 years, verified at registration renewal
Last verified 2026-07-08. Research confidence: medium.
Role-specific online CE
Delaware dental assistant online dental CE
Dental assistants in Delaware: Registered dental assistants (and limited registered dental assistants in orthodontics): 10 hours / 2 years, verified at registration renewal. Online/live-course signal from Dentovio's sourced CE notes: LIVE/SELF-STUDY CAP: not specified on the CE page reviewed. Confirm the current dental assistant live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the Delaware dental board before enrolling.
Online and live-course signal
LIVE/SELF-STUDY CAP: not specified on the CE page reviewed.
Before choosing a course
- Verify whether live webinar hours count differently from self-paced online CE.
- Check caps for correspondence, home-study, self-study, or asynchronous formats.
- Confirm provider approval for your role before enrolling.
- Keep completion certificates and audit records in the board-required format.
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Source language to review
- LIVE/SELF-STUDY CAP: not specified on the CE page reviewed.
Full renewal-cycle note
2-year cycle; licenses expire May 31 of even-numbered years (renewal period June 1 - May 31). Dentists/Dentist-Academic/Dentist-Community Health: 50 CPE hours. Dental Hygienists: 24 CPE hours. INFECTION CONTROL: at least 2 of the required CPE hours must be an infection-control course. CPR: all licensees must hold current CPR certification (in addition to CPE). OPIOID/CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: not specified as a CE topic on the board CE page (DE controlled-substance-prescriber CE is handled separately). LIVE/SELF-STUDY CAP: not specified on the CE page reviewed. Random audits performed.