# Wisconsin dental assistant online dental CE

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

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

Last verified: 2026-07-08

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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 Wisconsin dental board before enrolling.

## Direct answer

Dental assistants in Wisconsin: Dental assistants are not licensed/regulated by the state, so no state CE requirement. EFDA (Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary) certificate is permanent (no periodic renewal), but continuing education is required to maintain competency — verify current EFDA CE terms with DSPS.. Online/live-course signal from Dentovio's sourced CE notes: No dedicated law/ethics hour mandate in the rule; no explicit blanket live-vs-self-study percentage cap found (governed by DE 13 approved-course criteria). Confirm the current dental assistant live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the Wisconsin dental board before enrolling.

## Dental assistant CE snapshot

Dental assistants are not licensed/regulated by the state, so no state CE requirement. EFDA (Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary) certificate is permanent (no periodic renewal), but continuing education is required to maintain competency — verify current EFDA CE terms with DSPS.

## Online and live-course notes

No dedicated law/ethics hour mandate in the rule; no explicit blanket live-vs-self-study percentage cap found (governed by DE 13 approved-course criteria).

## Full renewal-cycle note

BIENNIAL (Wis. Admin. Code ch. DE 13; renewal biennium). DENTIST: 30 credit hrs / 2 yrs, of which not less than 25 must be clinical dentistry/medicine, and 2 hrs must cover prescribing of controlled substances for the treatment of dental pain. HYGIENIST: 12 credit hrs / 2 yrs, of which not less than 2 hrs must be infection control; no more than 2 of the 12 may be satisfied by BLS/CPR training. CE does not apply to the biennium in which a license is first issued. Records must be kept at least 6 years. No dedicated law/ethics hour mandate in the rule; no explicit blanket live-vs-self-study percentage cap found (governed by DE 13 approved-course criteria).

## Official board source

- <https://dsps.wi.gov/Pages/Professions/Dentist/Default.aspx>

## References

- <https://dsps.wi.gov/Pages/Professions/Dentist/Default.aspx>
- <https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/code/admin_code/de/13.pdf>
- <https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/administrativecode/DE%2013.01>
- <https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/447.055>
- <https://dsps.wi.gov/Pages/Professions/EFDA/Default.aspx>

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