# Louisiana dental assistant online dental CE

> Role-specific live, online, correspondence, webinar, home-study, and self-study CE signals for dental assistants renewing in Louisiana.

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Last verified: 2026-07-08

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Educational summary only, not compliance advice. CE course-format and provider rules can change. Confirm current dental assistant online, live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the Louisiana dental board before enrolling.

## Direct answer

Dental assistants in Louisiana: No state CE requirement (Expanded Duty Dental Assistants are certified via an approved EDDA course, radiology training, and current CPR, but no ongoing CE mandate is specified). Online/live-course signal from Dentovio's sourced CE notes: Dentists: 30 hrs, of which 20 must be personally-attended clinical courses (remaining 10 may be online/correspondence with a written exam). Hygienists: 20 hrs, of which 12 must be personally-attended clinical (remaining 8 may be online/correspondence). Confirm the current dental assistant live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the Louisiana dental board before enrolling.

## Dental assistant CE snapshot

No state CE requirement (Expanded Duty Dental Assistants are certified via an approved EDDA course, radiology training, and current CPR, but no ongoing CE mandate is specified)

## Online and live-course notes

Dentists: 30 hrs, of which 20 must be personally-attended clinical courses (remaining 10 may be online/correspondence with a written exam). Hygienists: 20 hrs, of which 12 must be personally-attended clinical (remaining 8 may be online/correspondence).

## Full renewal-cycle note

Biennial; licenses valid for two years, staggered by last name (A-L renew odd years, M-Z even years), expiring Dec 31; CE reported via CE Broker by Dec 31. Dentists: 30 hrs, of which 20 must be personally-attended clinical courses (remaining 10 may be online/correspondence with a written exam). Hygienists: 20 hrs, of which 12 must be personally-attended clinical (remaining 8 may be online/correspondence). All licensees must maintain current BLS certification at all times (counts as 3 personally-attended clinical hours); sedation/anesthesia permit holders must also hold ACLS or PALS. Dentists: one-time-in-career 3-hour opioid management course (drug diversion, best-practice prescribing of controlled substances, or addiction treatment). No explicit infection control or jurisprudence CE mandate found for renewal. Per La. Admin. Code tit. 46, Part XXXIII, Ch. 16 (Section 1611 dentists, 1613 hygienists).

## Official board source

- <https://www.lsbd.org/conted.htm>

## References

- <https://www.lsbd.org/conted.htm>
- <https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/louisiana/La-Admin-Code-tit-46-SS-XXXIII-1611>
- <https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/louisiana/La-Admin-Code-tit-46-SS-XXXIII-1613>
- <http://www.lsbd.org/faqs.htm>

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