# New York dental assistant online dental CE

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

URL: https://dentovio.com/online-dental-ce/new-york/dental-assistant

Last verified: 2026-07-08

Research confidence: high

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 New York dental board before enrolling.

## Direct answer

Dental assistants in New York: No state CE requirement — NY does not license/register 'dental assistants' as a CE-bearing profession (certified dental assisting is regulated separately and lacks a triennial CE mandate like dentists/hygienists). Online/live-course signal from Dentovio's sourced CE notes: Live-vs-self-study caps: dentists must earn at least 70% (42 of 60 hrs) via live courses — max 18 self-study hrs; hygienists must earn at least 7/12 (14 of 24 hrs) live. Confirm the current dental assistant live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the New York dental board before enrolling.

## Dental assistant CE snapshot

No state CE requirement — NY does not license/register 'dental assistants' as a CE-bearing profession (certified dental assisting is regulated separately and lacks a triennial CE mandate like dentists/hygienists)

## Online and live-course notes

Live-vs-self-study caps: dentists must earn at least 70% (42 of 60 hrs) via live courses — max 18 self-study hrs; hygienists must earn at least 7/12 (14 of 24 hrs) live.

## Full renewal-cycle note

Three-year registration cycle. Live-vs-self-study caps: dentists must earn at least 70% (42 of 60 hrs) via live courses — max 18 self-study hrs; hygienists must earn at least 7/12 (14 of 24 hrs) live. Mandatory topics — Dentists: one-time 3-hr dental jurisprudence & ethics course, one-time 2-hr tobacco/oral-health course (first applicable registration), continuous CPR certification, and a State-approved infection control course every 4 years. Hygienists: State-approved infection control course every 4 years (no jurisprudence or CPR mandate). Both dentists and hygienists are mandated reporters and must complete NYSED-approved child abuse identification/reporting training (2 hrs; updated protocol deadline Nov 17, 2026). No specific opioid/controlled-substance CE mandate identified. Records kept 6 years.

## Official board source

- <https://www.op.nysed.gov/professions/dentistry>

## References

- <https://www.op.nysed.gov/professions/dentistry>
- <https://www.op.nysed.gov/professions/dentists/continuing-education-q-a>
- <https://www.op.nysed.gov/professions/dental-hygienists/continuing-education-q-a>

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