Dental Continuing Education at Greensboro AHEC

To view our courses or to register online click on Catalog/Registration.

The Greensboro Area Health Education Center offers a wide variety of continuing education programs for dental professionals.  All our courses are approved for CEUs and for:  

Academy of General Dentistry Approved PACE Program Provider FAGD/MAGD Credit                11/1/2004 to 11/1/2008 Greensboro AHEC Approval Code Number 217281

Greensboro AHEC Continuing Dental Education Courses have met the criteria of the North Carolina Dental Hygiene Society for continuing education credit.

Greensboro AHEC requests continuing education credit from the Dental Assisting National Board for all programs relevant to Dental Assistants.  “DANB Approval” indicates that a continuing education course appears to meet certain specifications as described in the DANB Recertification Guidelines. DANB does not, however, endorse or recommend any participant continuing education course and is not responsible for the quality of any course content.

Greensboro AHEC works closely with the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry

For Your Information:
North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners (NCSBDE)
PO Box 32270  Raleigh, NC  27622  (919) 781-4901
Dentist and Dental Hygienist Continuing Education Requirements

Required hours:   Dentist             15 hours per calendar year
                          Hygienists         6 hours per calendar year

(Individuals licensed in mid-year have until the end of the next calendar year to complete CE requirements.)

The number of hours completed will be indicated on the license renewal application submitted to the NCSBDE.  The Board may request official documentation of attendance at the courses indicated.  Each individual is responsible for maintaining his/her own documentation of CE courses completed “for at least two years and shall be produced upon request by the Board.”

Documentation must include:
1.      The title and description of the course.
2.      The number of hours of instruction
3.      The date and location of the course attended.
4.      The name(s) of the course instructor(s)
5.      The name of the organization offering/sponsoring the course.

Note: A copy of the Greensboro AHEC catalogue page/brochure and the CE certificate contain all this information.

Acceptable CE:

• Courses that satisfy the requirement must be directly related to patient care.  Practice management courses will count; risk management courses do not.
• Home Study Courses:
• Acceptable if the home study/correspondence course includes a post test and issues a certificate of completion.
• Dentists – no more than 3 hours per year
• Hygienists – no more than 2 hours per year
• CPR:
• Current certification or authorization in CPR is required.  This does NOT count as part of the CE hour requirement.

Approved Sponsors:

• Recognized by the Continuing Education Recognition Program of the American Dental Association
• Academy of General Dentistry
• North Carolina Area Health Education Centers
• Educational institutions with dental or dental hygiene schools or departments
• National, state, or local societies or associations.  (Dental Societies or study clubs are considered associations.)

Retired Dentists may request exemption from the NCSBDE.