Requirement
60 contact hours per three-year registration period
New York State Education Law requires dentists to complete 60 contact hours of continuing education in each three-year registration period.
Dentistry: Continuing Education Q&A · New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions · read on 17 October 2026
Period / cycle
Personal registration period; no requirement in the initial period after licensure (except licensure by endorsement). Shorter periods are prorated.
Licensees are not required to complete continuing education during their initial three-year registration period
Dentistry: Continuing Education Q&A · New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions · read on 17 October 2026
Details
At most 18 of the 60 hours as self-study (so at least 42 hours of other CE).
an applicant for registration shall complete at least 60 hours of formal continuing education
Regulations of the Commissioner, Part 61, § 61.15 Continuing education for dentists · New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions · read on 17 October 2026provided that no more than 18 hours of such continuing education shall consist of self-study courses
Regulations of the Commissioner, Part 61, § 61.15 Continuing education for dentists · New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions · read on 17 October 2026
One time: 2 hours on tobacco and oral health and 3 hours of dental jurisprudence and ethics.
no fewer than three hours in a course approved by the department in dental jurisprudence and ethics
Regulations of the Commissioner, Part 61, § 61.15 Continuing education for dentists · New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions · read on 17 October 2026you must complete on a one-time basis, a two-hour course regarding the oral health effects of tobacco and tobacco products
Dentistry: Continuing Education Q&A · New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions · read on 17 October 2026
Current CPR certification (up to 12 hours of CPR per period count) and a State approved infection control course every 4 years.
all dentists must achieve certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and from that point forward, continually maintain certification
Dentistry: Continuing Education Q&A · New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions · read on 17 October 2026you may count up to a maximum of twelve hours of CPR coursework
Dentistry: Continuing Education Q&A · New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions · read on 17 October 2026Dentists and dental hygienists must also complete a State approved infection control course every 4 years.
Dentistry: Continuing Education Q&A · New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions · read on 17 October 2026