Dentist
30 hours / 2 years (biennial)
Dentist online CE notesState online CE
Ohio online dental CE
For online dental CE in Ohio, Dentovio's sourced CE notes say: MANDATORY: current Healthcare-Provider-level BLS/CPR + AED with hands-on skills every renewal (didactic may be online, but the clinical/compressions portion must be in person; Board accepts no substitute certification). LIVE-vs-SELF-STUDY: all 30 (dentist) and all 20 (hygienist) hours may be completed online or by correspondence — no live minimum. Confirm current live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, and self-study caps with the Ohio dental board before enrolling.
Dental hygienist
20 hours / 2 years (biennial)
Dental hygienist online CE notesDental assistant
Dental X-ray Machine Operator (formerly Dental Assistant Radiographer): 2 hours / 2 years in dental x-ray/radiation technology. EFDAs (Expanded Function Dental Auxiliaries) have NO CE requirement to maintain registration.
Dental assistant online CE notesBefore choosing online CE
- Confirm whether live webinars count differently from self-paced online courses.
- Check any cap on correspondence, home-study, self-study, or asynchronous hours.
- Verify the course provider is accepted by the board for your license type.
- Keep certificates and completion records in the format required for audit.
Role-specific CE
Online and live-course notes
- MANDATORY: current Healthcare-Provider-level BLS/CPR + AED with hands-on skills every renewal (didactic may be online, but the clinical/compressions portion must be in person; Board accepts no substitute certification).
- LIVE-vs-SELF-STUDY: all 30 (dentist) and all 20 (hygienist) hours may be completed online or by correspondence — no live minimum.
Full renewal-cycle note
Biennial cycle; dentists and hygienists renew on the odd/even schedule via the eLicense portal. Radiographers renew by Dec 31 of even years. MANDATORY: current Healthcare-Provider-level BLS/CPR + AED with hands-on skills every renewal (didactic may be online, but the clinical/compressions portion must be in person; Board accepts no substitute certification). NO separately mandated hour minimums for jurisprudence, ethics, or opioid/controlled-substance CE (infection control, pharmacology, etc. are listed as acceptable/permitted subjects, not required). LIVE-vs-SELF-STUDY: all 30 (dentist) and all 20 (hygienist) hours may be completed online or by correspondence — no live minimum. Courses must be from an ADA/CERP- or AGD-PACE-approved sponsor. NOTE: older secondary sources cite '40 hours' for dentists and '24 hours' for hygienists; these are outdated/incorrect — current ORC 4715.141 says 'not less than thirty hours' (dentist) and ORC 4715.25 says 'minimum of twenty hours' (hygienist).