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CPD requirements for dentists by country

How many CE points or CPD hours do lawmakers, dental boards and chambers require from dentists? Every entry comes from the official source, with a verbatim quote and the date we read it.

Not legal advice — the competent chamber or authority prevails. Sources read on 17 October 2026.

PeriodAuthority
AustraliaOceania60 hours60 hours of CPD over three years, at least 48 of them clinical or scientificper 3 years20 hoursDental Board of Australia (Ahpra)
AustriaDACH120 points120 CE points per cycle for the dental CE diploma (ZFD) incompleteper cycle–Austrian Dental Chamber (ÖZÄK)
California (USA)North America50 units50 CE units per two-year renewal period (one unit typically equals one hour), including mandatory coursesper 2 years25 unitsDental Board of California
Florida (USA)North America30 hours30 hours per biennium, including mandatory topics; CPR certification in additionper 2 years15 hoursFlorida Board of Dentistry
Georgia (USA)North America40 hours40 hours per biennium, at least 30 of them clinical incompleteper 2 years20 hoursGeorgia Board of Dentistry
GermanyDACH125 points125 CE points every 5 years, proven to the KZVper 5 years25 pointsRegional KZV (association of SHI dentists); rules set by the KZBV
IrelandEurope250 hoursRecommendation: at least 50 hours a year or 250 hours in five years, at least 100 of them structured incompleteper 5 years50 hoursDental Council of Ireland
New York (USA)North America60 hours60 contact hours per three-year registration period incompleteper 3 years20 hoursNew York State Education Department (Office of the Professions)
North Carolina (USA)North America15 hours15 clock hours each calendar yearper year15 hoursNorth Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners
Ontario (Canada)North America90 points90 CE points per three-year cycle: category 1 at least 15, category 2 at least 45, category 3 at most 30per 3 years30 pointsRoyal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario (RCDSO)
Pennsylvania (USA)North America30 hours30 hours per biennial renewal, 2 of them on child abuse recognition and reporting incompleteper 2 years15 hoursPennsylvania State Board of Dentistry
Quebec (Canada)North America90 UFC90 CE units (UFC) per three-year reference period, at least 15 per yearper 3 years30 UFCOrdre des dentistes du Québec (ODQ)
SwitzerlandDACH80 hours80 hours of CE per calendar year, proof normally every two yearsper year80 hoursSwiss Dental Association SSO (CE guidelines under Art. 15 of the tariff agreement); professional duty under the MedBG
United KingdomEurope100 hoursAt least 100 hours of verifiable CPD per five-year cycle, at least 10 hours in every two-year periodper 5 years20 hoursGeneral Dental Council (GDC)

Points, hours, credits and units are not interchangeable between countries; the per-year column is simple arithmetic. Each country page has the verbatim rule and its official source.

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Frequently asked questions

Which countries require CPD for dentists?

Almost all jurisdictions in this table set a CE duty with hours or points per cycle (e.g. UK 100 hours in 5 years, Australia 60 hours in 3 years, Germany 125 points in 5 years for SHI dentists). For Ireland the Dental Council's guide states recommendations; we could not confirm a statutory hour requirement.

How do you verify the data?

We read each rule on the official law text or the regulator's own page or PDF and quote it verbatim with the date read. Facts we could not confirm in an official source are left out.

Why are some countries missing?

We only list a jurisdiction when its official source could be read and states the requirement clearly. France, Italy, the Netherlands, Texas, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and others are not listed yet for that reason.

Sources read on 17 October 2026. Not legal advice — the competent chamber or authority prevails. · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 · Munich Dental Academy