Dentist CE snapshot
30 hours / 2 years (biennial)
Last verified 2026-07-08. Research confidence: high.
Role-specific online CE
Ohio dentist online dental CE
Dentists in Ohio: 30 hours / 2 years (biennial). Online/live-course signal from Dentovio's sourced CE 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. Confirm the current dentist live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the Ohio dental board before enrolling.
Online and live-course signal
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.
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
- 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).