Michigan Board of Dentistry (LARA, Bureau of Professional Licensing)

Michigan dentist CE requirements

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

What the board requires

• 60 hrsTotal per triennial (3-year) cycle.
• 3 hrsPain and symptom management, counted within the total.
• 1 hrsDental ethics and jurisprudence (incl. delegation of duties to allied dental personnel), counted within the total.
• 1 hrsInfection control (sterilization of handpieces, PPE, CDC guidelines), counted within the total.
• 20 hrsClinical issues (delivery of care, materials used in delivery of care, pharmacology), counted within the total.
• 1 hrsHuman trafficking identification (one-time training), counted within the total.
• 3 hrsImplicit bias training (required by R 338.7004; 1 hr per year of cycle = 3 hrs), in addition to the total.
• Min 20 hrsMinimum synchronous/live (interactive, in-person or virtual) hours.
• Up to 30 hrsMaximum asynchronous, noninteractive (self-study/online) hours.
• Up to 10 hrsTeaching / initial presentation (table clinics, lectures) per renewal period.
• Up to 25 hrsPublication of an article or text related to the practice of dentistry (national journal/textbook) per renewal period.
• RequiredCurrent BLS or ACLS certification for healthcare providers, with a hands-on component (does not count toward CE hours).

Common questions

Source: Michigan Board of Dentistry (LARA, Bureau of Professional Licensing) (https://www.michigan.gov/lara/bureau-list/bpl/health/hp-lic-health-prof/dental). Michigan dentist triennial CE: 60 hours per 3-year (36-month) cycle. Both blind extractors agree on the entire core numeric spine: total 60h; pain/symptom management 3h WITHIN; dental ethics & jurisprudence 1h WITHIN; infection control 1h WITHIN; clinical issues 20h WITHIN; format structure of min 20h synchronous/live (in-person or virtual with direct faculty interaction) and max 30h asynchronous/noninteractive, all carved out of the 60. Both agree providers PACE/CERP/state_approved with providerStrict=false, carryover 0 (hours must be earned within the 3-year period; every activity cap is 'in each renewal period'; no rollover provision), and a required (non-CE) current BLS or ACLS certification with a hands-on component. Compliance evidence must be retained 5 years (R 338.11701(8)); Michigan uses CE Broker. FLAGGED, not agree: the two special mandates disagree on within-vs-additive counting. (1) Implicit bias (3h, derived from R 338.7004 = 1 hr/yr of cycle): A='unclear' due to a primary-rule vs. MDA-guidance conflict; B='additive' citing R 338.11701(7) 'may not earn continuing education credit for implicit bias training.' Assembled as additive on B's dispositive primary quote. (2) Human trafficking (one-time, 1h): A='unclear'; B='within' citing that the one-time training may satisfy both the one-time mandate and a CE requirement (double-counts). Assembled as within. Neither c EXTRACTION FLAGS (why this is not yet verified): - COUNTING DISAGREEMENT - implicit_bias: Extractor A reported counting 'unclear' (primary rule R 338.7004 says the training 'may be used to satisfy other training or continuing education requirements' implying WITHIN, but the MDA guidance page says it is 'in addition to the 60 hours' implying ADDITIVE). Extractor B reported 'additive', citing the dentist renewal rule R 338.11701(7): 'an applicant may not earn continuing education credit for implicit bias training required by R 338.7004.' Assembled as 'additive' because B's verbatim primary-rule quote is dispositive, but NOT extractor-agreed - needs human confirmation. - COUNTING DISAGREEMENT - human_trafficking: Extractor A reported counting 'unclear' (MDA guidance says it 'is not part of the CE requirement but may be satisfied via a CE activity'). Extractor B reported 'within', citing R 338.11701(7) that the one-time training 'may be used to comply with the requirement for the 1-time training AND a continuing education requirement' (double-counts within the 60). Assembled as 'within' on B's primary quote, but NOT extractor-agreed. - HOUR VALUE NOT VERBATIM - human_trafficking: hours=1 is not stated in the renewal rule R 338.11701; per Extractor B it derives from the training-standard rule R 338.11271, not verbatim in the renewal rule. - HOUR VALUE DERIVED - implicit_bias: hours=3 is not stated in the dental rule; it derives from general LARA rule R 338.7004 (1 hr per year of the 3-year cycle). Both extractors agree on the derivation but the count is not in the dentist CE rule text. - SOURCE AUTHORITY MISMATCH - Extractor A cited the Cornell LII secondary mirror (law.cornell.edu) as the source for the 60-hour total and the four core topics, and the Michigan Dental Association page for human trafficking; A reported HTTP 403 on the primary LARA/Justia PDFs. Extractor B cited the official LARA Administrative Rules Service primary PDF (ars.apps.lara.state.mi.us, 2023 MR 19, Eff. Oct 2 2023). Assembled doc prefers B's primary-source URLs; core numbers match across both, but the total-hours source was primary for only one extractor. - Format caps for independent reading, teaching, and publications carry Cornell LII (secondary-mirror) source URLs; Extractor B corroborated the numeric caps (10/10/25/12) in notes but did not attach a per-cap primary URL for each. These are the published requirements as we read them, not legal or board advice, and CEChart does not certify compliance. Confirm your requirements with Michigan Board of Dentistry (LARA, Bureau of Professional Licensing) before you rely on them.