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Continuing Education

Requirements:

Dental hygienists are all required to fulfill 30 hours of continuing education during the two calendar year cycle (January 1 of an odd year - December 31 of an even year) and keep a current C.P.R. card at all times. A minimum of 2 of the required 30 biennial hours must be obtained in the area of chemical dependency education.

More information

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 Home Study Courses

• Chemical Dependency (pdf file)
  To save this file to your computer - Right click and choose "SAVE FILE AS" or "SAVE TARGET AS"
  This course fulfills TN state requirements for 2 CEs!
  This course has been developed by TDHA to provide a RDHs another means for continuing education. 
  
  Download Course
   

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• Dent Ed Online
  www.dentedonline.com
  
  Continuing Education Courses for Dental Professionals
  
  Nitrous Administration and/or Monitoring
  Sealant Placement, Coronal Polishing
  Local Anesthetic for the Dental Hygienist
  
  See website for dates and times

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• Administration of Local Anesthesia

          Roane State Community College

          Instructor: Michael D. Curran D.D.S.

          Hours of instruction: 24 hours didactic
          (16 hours of the didactic portion is accomplished by completing a home-study workbook)
          8 hours of didactic is on site and 8 hours of clinical instruction is on site

         To register for the course call Kimberly Laning at (865) 539-6904. 

         Download Course Information

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P.O. Box 22870
Nashville, TN 37202
 (615)777-TDHA  
Fax (615)254-1186
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