Dental CE Articles & Guides

Practical guidance on continuing education — what your state accepts, how your credits reach your board, and how to plan a renewal without the last-minute scramble.

The 10 Most Popular Dental CE Courses Right Now The ten courses our customers enrolled in most over the past year, and what the list reveals about how dental CE actually gets bought. By Graham S. Bell, DDS · September 9, 2026 Live vs Home Study CE: What Your Board Actually Accepts Home study CE is accepted in all 50 states, but many states cap how many of your hours can come from it. Here is how to check your own limit. By Graham S. Bell, DDS · September 9, 2026 The DEA Training Requirement: Who Needs It, and How to Satisfy It The eight-hour training the DEA expects of practitioners who prescribe controlled substances: who it applies to, and three things people get wrong. By Graham S. Bell, DDS · September 9, 2026 Dental Hygienist CE: What You Actually Need Hygienist CE rules are set separately from the dentist's, and the differences are where people get caught out. What actually differs, and how to plan a cycle. By Graham S. Bell, DDS · September 9, 2026 Last-Minute CE: What to Do When Your License Expires This Month Renewal in days and CE unfinished? It is a solvable problem, and solvable today. Here is the order to do things in. By Graham S. Bell, DDS · September 9, 2026 CE Broker Explained: How Your Credits Actually Reach the Board In 13 states your CE does not go straight to the board -- it goes to CE Broker. Which part of the chain is your job, and which is your provider's. By Graham S. Bell, DDS · September 9, 2026 Dental Lab Technician CE: What Counts and What Does Not Laboratory CE obligations come from more than one direction, and a clinical course does not always satisfy them. What counts, and what does not. By Graham S. Bell, DDS · September 9, 2026 How to Plan a Whole Renewal Cycle in One Sitting Half an hour at the start of a cycle beats a scramble at the end -- and costs less. The method, in six steps. By Graham S. Bell, DDS · September 9, 2026