Dental assistant CE snapshot
No state CE requirement for dental assistants (ARM 24.138.2110 addresses dentists, hygienists, and denturists only).
Last verified 2026-07-08. Research confidence: high.
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Montana dental assistant online dental CE
Dental assistants in Montana: No state CE requirement for dental assistants (ARM 24.138.2110 addresses dentists, hygienists, and denturists only).. Online/live-course signal from Dentovio's sourced CE notes: ALL hours may be completed by home study (no self-study cap). Confirm the current dental assistant live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the Montana dental board before enrolling.
Online and live-course signal
ALL hours may be completed by home study (no self-study cap).
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
- ALL hours may be completed by home study (no self-study cap).
Full renewal-cycle note
Three-year cycle (baseline start 2015), per ARM 24.138.2110. Dentists 60 hrs (if holding anesthesia permit: 20 hrs must be anesthesia-specific for deep sedation/GA, or 12 hrs for moderate sedation, counted within the 60). Hygienists 36 hrs (LPA hygienists +3 hrs on fluoride/topical anesthetics/antimicrobials; limited-access-permit hygienists +12 hrs). Denturists 36 hrs. ALL hours may be completed by home study (no self-study cap). Board does NOT pre-approve courses. All licensees must maintain current CPR, ACLS, or PALS. Infection control is listed as an acceptable clinical subject but no fixed mandatory hour count for infection control, jurisprudence, or opioids in the CE rule. CE does not apply until first full year of licensure.