# Vermont dental assistant online dental CE

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

URL: https://dentovio.com/online-dental-ce/vermont/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 Vermont dental board before enrolling.

## Direct answer

Dental assistants in Vermont: No state CE requirement (dental assistants register but board rules do not impose a specific CE hour count; if DANB-certified, DANB renewal separately requires 12+ CE/year). Online/live-course signal from Dentovio's sourced CE notes: Dentist: 30 hrs every 2 yrs; all may be completed by home/self-study (self-study courses must conclude with an examination to be accepted). Confirm the current dental assistant live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the Vermont dental board before enrolling.

## Dental assistant CE snapshot

No state CE requirement (dental assistants register but board rules do not impose a specific CE hour count; if DANB-certified, DANB renewal separately requires 12+ CE/year)

## Online and live-course notes

Dentist: 30 hrs every 2 yrs; all may be completed by home/self-study (self-study courses must conclude with an examination to be accepted).

## Full renewal-cycle note

Biennial renewal via VT Office of Professional Regulation. Dentist: 30 hrs every 2 yrs; all may be completed by home/self-study (self-study courses must conclude with an examination to be accepted). A course in emergency office procedures is required as a condition of every biennial renewal for BOTH dentists and hygienists (only one emergency-procedures course may count toward the hour total). Hygienist: 18 hrs every 2 yrs, of which 15 must be in clinical or didactic dental/dental-hygiene subject areas. No CE reporting is required at the first renewal after initial licensure. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES: dentists who prescribe/dispense controlled substances must complete 2 hrs on controlled substances every 2 yrs — this derives from VT's separate opioid/OPR prescriber rule, NOT from the Board of Dental Examiners CE rule (Ch. 080), so treat as MEDIUM confidence and verify on the OPR page. No dedicated infection-control or law/ethics hour mandate found in the board CE rule.

## Official board source

- <https://sos.vermont.gov/dental-examiners/>

## References

- <https://sos.vermont.gov/dental-examiners/>
- <https://regulations.justia.com/states/vermont/agency-04/sub-agency-030/chapter-080/section-04-030-080/>
- <https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/vermont/04-080-Code-Vt-R-04-030-080-X>
- <https://www.ada.org/resources/licensure>
- <https://www.netce.com/ce-requirements/dentist/vt/>

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