# Montana dentist online dental CE

> Role-specific live, online, correspondence, webinar, home-study, and self-study CE signals for dentists renewing in Montana.

URL: https://dentovio.com/online-dental-ce/montana/dentist

Last verified: 2026-07-08

Research confidence: high

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

## Direct answer

Dentists in Montana: 60 hours / 3 years. 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 dentist live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the Montana dental board before enrolling.

## Dentist CE snapshot

60 hours / 3 years

## Online and live-course notes

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.

## Official board source

- <https://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/dentistry/>

## References

- <https://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/dentistry/>
- <https://rules.mt.gov/gateway/RuleNo.asp?RN=24.138.2110>
- <https://www.ada.org/~/media/Project/ADA%20Organization/ADA/ADA-org/Files/Education/Licensure%20by%20State/Montana_Licensure>

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