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Georgia Board of Dentistry

Georgia dentist CE requirements

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

What the board requires

  • 40 hrsTotal per biennial cycle.
  • 30 hrsClinical courses (actual delivery of dental services to patient or community), counted within the total.
  • 2 hrsInfection control (including dental unit water lines), counted within the total.
  • 1 hrsOpioid abuse / prescription writing / use of opioids in dental practice, counted within the total.
  • 1 hrsLegal ethics and professionalism in the practice of dentistry, counted within the total.
  • 4 hrsCPR/BLS/ACLS credit for the in-person CPR course required by Georgia law (optional, up to 4 hrs countable), counted within the total.
  • Min 20 hrsIn-person minimum: at least 20 of the 40 hours must be acquired on-site.
  • Up to 20 hrsOnline / home-study / journal-study maximum: no more than 20 hours (arithmetic consequence of the 20-hour in-person floor).
  • Up to 10 hrsTeaching an approved CE course: maximum 10 credit hours per biennium (2 credits per hour presented).
  • RequiredCurrent in-person CPR certification required by Georgia law (satisfiable by in-person BLS or ACLS) (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 Georgia calculator. We would rather leave it out than guess. Confirm the exact requirements with Georgia Board of Dentistry.
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Common questions

How many CE hours do Georgia dentists need?

40 hours per biennial renewal cycle.

Which specific topics does Georgia require?

30 hours clinical courses (actual delivery of dental services to patient or community), 2 hours infection control (including dental unit water lines), 1 hours opioid abuse / prescription writing / use of opioids in dental practice, 1 hours legal ethics and professionalism in the practice of dentistry, 4 hours cpr/bls/acls credit for the in-person cpr course required by georgia law (optional, up to 4 hrs countable).

Source: Georgia Board of Dentistry (https://gbd.georgia.gov). RECONCILIATION VERDICT: flagged_ambiguous. The full numeric spine agrees perfectly across both blind extractors (cycle 24mo biennial; total 40h; clinical 30, infection control 2, opioid 1, legal ethics 1, CPR credit 4 - all 'within' the 40; in-person floor 20, online/self-study ceiling 20, teaching ceiling 10; carryover 0; excludedFormats none). The flag is NOT a numeric disagreement - it is triggered by (a) the stale primary board PDF that omits infection control, (b) reliance on a secondary source (Cornell LII) / an unreadable primary SOS page for that topic, and (c) the providerAccepts CERP/PACE-vs-state_approved divergence. PRIMARY SOURCE: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 150-3-.09 "Continuing Education for Dentists." Authority: O.C.G.A. §§ 43-11-7, 43-11-40, 43-11-46, 43-11-46.1. Current code cross-referenced at rules.sos.ga.gov/gac/150-3, law.cornell.edu/regulations/georgia/Ga-Comp-R-Regs-R-150-3-.09, and the board's 2024-02-06 press release (gbd.georgia.gov/press-releases/2024-02-06/continuing-education-requirements). COUNTING (both extractors unambiguous): every mandatory topic uses the phrase 'of the minimum requirement,' so all topic hours are WITHIN the 40, none additive. The 4-hour CPR credit is optional and also counts within the 40. CPR IS DUAL-NATURED: current in-person CPR (satisfiable by BLS or ACLS) is a credential REQUIRED by Georgia law (see requiredCredentials) A EXTRACTION FLAGS (why this is not yet verified): - SOURCE STALENESS (both extractors flagged): The board's own officially posted PDF (rule-150-3-09-amended/download) predates the Jan 1, 2024 amendment and OMITS the 2-hour infection-control requirement. The current in-force code (GA SOS Administrative Code, Cornell LII) and the board's own 2024-02-06 press release confirm the 2-hour infection-control topic (incl. dental unit water lines) IS in effect for the 2024-2025 biennium. All other provisions in the PDF match the current code. - SECONDARY / UNVERIFIED-PRIMARY SOURCE: Extractor A could not render the primary GA SOS Administrative Code page (rules.sos.ga.gov is a JS app shell WebFetch could not read) and therefore cited the infection-control requirement to Cornell LII (a secondary aggregator). Extractor B claims to have read the SOS code directly. The primary state-code text for infection control was not independently verified by BOTH extractors on a live primary source. - PROVIDER-ACCEPTANCE DISAGREEMENT: Extractor A reports providerAccepts = [CERP, PACE, state_approved] (reasoning: ADA = CERP sponsor and AGD = PACE sponsor are both on the rule's enumerated recognized-organizations list); Extractor B reports [state_approved] ONLY, noting the rule keys on the sponsoring organization, not the CERP/PACE accreditation brand names. Assembled proposal uses the agreed intersection (state_approved). CERP- and PACE-sponsored courses very likely qualify by virtue of ADA/AGD being enumerated, but the rule text does not name the CERP/PACE programs. Human to confirm. - SOURCE-URL DIVERGENCE ON THE NUMERIC SPINE: The numeric spine (40 total hrs; topic hours 30/2/1/1/4; all 'within'; caps 20/20/10; carryover 0) is IDENTICAL across both extractors, but they cite DIFFERENT primary sources for it - Extractor A the board PDF, Extractor B the SOS Admin Code (rules.sos.ga.gov/gac/150-3). Numbers agree; the board PDF is the stale document, so this proposal cites current-code sources where the PDF is outdated (infection control). These are the published requirements as we read them, not legal or board advice, and CEChart does not certify compliance. Confirm your requirements with Georgia Board of Dentistry before you rely on them.

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