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New Mexico dental assistant online dental CE

Dental assistants in New Mexico: 30 hours / 3 years (triennial). Online/live-course signal from Dentovio's sourced CE notes: Self-study cap: up to 30 hrs may be self-study for dentists (30 live), up to ~22. 5 self-study for hygienists; max 8 CE hours creditable in a single day. Confirm the current dental assistant live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the New Mexico dental board before enrolling.

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Dental assistant CE snapshot

30 hours / 3 years (triennial)

Last verified 2026-07-08. Research confidence: medium.

Online and live-course signal

Self-study cap: up to 30 hrs may be self-study for dentists (30 live), up to ~22. 5 self-study for hygienists; max 8 CE hours creditable in a single day.

Before choosing a course

  1. Verify whether live webinar hours count differently from self-paced online CE.
  2. Check caps for correspondence, home-study, self-study, or asynchronous formats.
  3. Confirm provider approval for your role before enrolling.
  4. Keep completion certificates and audit records in the board-required format.

Source language to review

  • Self-study cap: up to 30 hrs may be self-study for dentists (30 live), up to ~22.
  • 5 self-study for hygienists; max 8 CE hours creditable in a single day.

Full renewal-cycle note

Triennial renewal, July 1–June 30 of every third year. Self-study cap: up to 30 hrs may be self-study for dentists (30 live), up to ~22.5 self-study for hygienists; max 8 CE hours creditable in a single day. Mandatory topics: CPR/BLS current at all times; infection control; NM jurisprudence (law/ethics) ~1 hr per cycle; and licensees with an active DEA registration must complete 3 hrs of CE on pharmacology and the risks of controlled substances (opioid/controlled-substance training) per renewal period. Hour totals (60/45/30) confirmed via the NM Regulation & Licensing Dept (RLD) board source; exact mandatory-topic hour allocations per profession are set in NMAC 16.5.10 (dentists), 16.5.23 (hygienists), 16.5.36 (assistants) — some topic-level specifics not individually verified from primary NMAC text, hence medium confidence.

References

Last verified 2026-07-08 (research confidence: medium). Educational summary only, not compliance advice. Confirm current live, online, correspondence, webinar, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the New Mexico board before enrolling.