License Renewal
Information About Renewals for All Licenses
Dentist and Dental Hygienist licenses and Anesthesia permits expire on May 31 of even years (e.g., 2012, 2014). Dentist Limited licenses expire June 30 of each year.
Several weeks before your license expiration date, a renewal notice will be mailed to you. This notice will explain how to access the online renewal application. To complete the online renewal application, you must use a credit card to pay your renewal fee.
Please keep your contact information in our records up-to-date so that notices we send will reach you. To check and update your contact information online, click Change Contact Information.
Continuing Professional Education and CPR Certification
Dentists are required to complete 50 hours of continuing professional education (CPE). Dental Hygienists are required to complete 24 hours of CPE. Both Dentists and Dental Hygienists are required to maintain current CPR certification.
- Effective with the 2012 renewal, you are no longer required to submit a report of your CPE and CPR certification before your license is renewed. Instead, a percentage of licensees will be randomly selected for audit of their CPE and CPR following the renewal. Retain copies of your CPE completion certificates in the event you are selected for audit. Do not send CPE or CPR documentation to the Board office unless you receive an audit letter.
- Effective with the 2014 renewal, you will be required to have completed at least two CPE hours in a course covering infection control.
See Section 6.0 of the Board’s Rules and Regulations for more information about CPE and renewal requirements.
Anesthesia Permits
A Dentist may submit the renewal application for his/her anesthesia permit(s) before or after submitting the renewal application for his/her Dentist license, but the anesthesia permit(s) will not be renewed until the Dentist license is renewed.
How to Renew a Lapsed License
If you do not renew your license before the expiration date, your license will expire. It is illegal to practice while your license is expired.
You may submit a late renewal application for a period of one year after the expiration date. You will be required to pay a late fee as well as the renewal fee. However, if the license has been lapsed for more than one year, you must reapply as a new applicant or by reciprocity.
