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Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners

Arizona dentist CE requirements

The published continuing-education requirements for a Arizona dental license, laid out clearly so you can see the whole picture before your renewal.

What the board requires

  • 63 hrsTotal per triennial cycle.
  • 36 hrsClinical / dental & medical health sciences (broad clinical category floor), counted within the total.
  • 3 hrsOpioid education, counted within the total.
  • 3 hrsInfectious diseases or infectious disease control, counted within the total.
  • 3 hrsCPR (healthcare provider level), ACLS, or PALS - as CE credit, counted within the total.
  • 3 hrsEthics or Arizona dental jurisprudence, counted within the total.
  • 12 hrsBotox / dermal fillers (conditional - only if the licensee administers Botox/fillers) (if only if the licensee administers botox / dermal fillers), counted within the total.
  • Up to 21 hrsCombined ceiling on self-study / correspondence / internet / video / board & peer participation / teaching / publication / charitable-clinic activities (R4-11-1209(A)(4)) - max 21 hrs for dentists.
  • RequiredCurrent CPR healthcare-provider-level certificate (or ACLS/PALS completion within the prior 2 years) - must be held before receiving a renewal license (does not count toward CE hours).
One honest caveat. We have not yet confirmed every number against the primary board source, so we are not running an automatic Arizona calculator. We would rather leave it out than guess. Confirm the exact requirements with Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners.
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Common questions

How many CE hours do Arizona dentists need?

63 hours per triennial renewal cycle.

Which specific topics does Arizona require?

36 hours clinical / dental & medical health sciences (broad clinical category floor), 3 hours opioid education, 3 hours infectious diseases or infectious disease control, 3 hours cpr (healthcare provider level), acls, or pals - as ce credit, 3 hours ethics or arizona dental jurisprudence, 12 hours botox / dermal fillers (conditional - only if the licensee administers botox/fillers).

Source: Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners (https://dentalboard.az.gov/resources/continuing-education-license-renewal). DENTIST license, Arizona. Both extractors found:true and agree on the full core numeric spine: triennial/36-month cycle, 63-hour total, and the five within-total required topics - 36h clinical/health-sciences floor, 3h opioid, 3h infectious-disease control, 3h CPR/ACLS/PALS, 3h ethics/jurisprudence. Within-vs-additive is UNAMBIGUOUS for these five: R4-11-1203 reads '...shall complete 63 hours ... in each renewal period AS FOLLOWS:' and the arithmetic closes exactly (36 clinical + 15 management ceiling + 3 opioid + 3 infectious + 3 CPR + 3 ethics = 63). All five are subsets of the 63 (counting = within). NOT MODELED AS TOPICS (subject caps, no controlled slug): (a) Practice-management ceiling - 'No more than 15 Credit Hours in ... Dental practice organization and management, patient management skills, and methods of health care delivery' (R4-11-1203(2)); a within-total maximum, not a requirement. (b) Sedation/anesthesia CE - R4-11-1203(1): a permit holder required to obtain Article-13 CE 'may apply those Credit Hours to the requirements of this Section,' i.e. sedation CE counts WITHIN the 63 for permit holders, not additive (subject: sedation_anesthesia). FORMAT: No format is outright excluded (excludedFormats empty). Self-study/correspondence/internet/video/board & peer participation/teaching/publication/charitable-clinic activities (R4-11-1209(A)(4)) are capped at a combined EXTRACTION FLAGS (why this is not yet verified): - SOURCE NOT PRIMARY: Both extractors report the board site (dentalboard.az.gov) AND the AZ Secretary of State official code PDF (apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-11.pdf) returned HTTP 403 (Cloudflare challenge). All rule text is from Cornell LII's secondary reproduction of the Administrative Code. No live PRIMARY board/state-code source was cited - this alone forces flagged_ambiguous. Re-pull from a non-blocked network to confirm. - TOPIC COUNTING UNCLEAR: Extractor B marked the Botox/dermal-filler 12-hour topic counting = 'unclear' (within-vs-additive not established from primary code). Assembled here as 'within' per AZDA secondary corroboration, but this is UNVERIFIED - do not treat as within the 63 without primary rule text. - TOPIC-PRESENCE DISAGREEMENT: Extractor A omitted the Botox topic from topics[] (mentioned only in notes as 'within, secondary-corroborated only'); Extractor B included it as a conditional topic. Conditional trigger (administersBotox) and 12-hour figure agree; existence as a required-when-applicable topic is corroborated but source is secondary (AZDA only). - REQUIRED-CREDENTIAL DISAGREEMENT: Extractor A lists a current CPR/BLS-card requirement (R4-11-1202, possess a current CPR/ACLS/PALS credential before renewal); Extractor B lists NONE, arguing CPR is satisfied as 3 CE hours within the total. Assembled with A's credential (R4-11-1202 is a distinct provision from the 3 CE-hour topic), but the two extractors did not agree - verify whether both the card AND the 3 CE hours are independently required. - AMENDMENT RECENCY: Total reflects a recent amendment; Cornell shows redline '72 63' (72 struck, 63 current). Confirm 63 is the effective total on the primary code once reachable. - CONFLICTING SECONDARY SNIPPET: Extractor B noted an Elite Learning summary stating 'up to 2 credit hours may be completed through charitable and online activities,' conflicting with the primary R4-11-1209(B) 21-hour combined cap. Resolved to 21 (primary code); verify against the board PDF. These are the published requirements as we read them, not legal or board advice, and CEChart does not certify compliance. Confirm your requirements with Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners before you rely on them.

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