Approved CE Course Providers

Continuing Education courses endorsed by the following providers will meet the criteria for acceptable continuing education hours if such hours are certified by the following providers:

1. American Association of Dental Boards – Accredited Continuing Education Program (AADB-ACE)
2. American Dental Association–Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP);
3. American Dental Association, its component, and its constituent organizations;
4. Academy of General Dentistry, and its constituents and approved sponsors;
5. Dental/dental hygiene schools and programs accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association;
6. American Dental Association approved specialty organizations;
7. American Dental Hygienists’ Association, its component, and its constituent organizations;
8. American Medical Association approved specialty organizations;
9. American Medical Association approved hospital courses;
10. National Dental Association, its constituent, and its component societies;
11. National Dental Hygienists’ Association, its constituent, and its component societies;
12. Medical schools and programs accredited by the Standards of the Medical Specialties, the American Medical Association, the Advisory Board for Osteopathic Specialists and Boards of Certification or the American Osteopathic Association;
13. Western Regional Examining Board;
14. American Academy of Dental Hygiene;
15. American Dental Education Association;
16. American Heart Association;
17. Dental Hygiene Educators of Texas, Inc (DHET, Inc) formally known as Texas Dental Hygiene Educators’ Association;
18. Dental Laboratory Association of Texas;
19. Dental Assisting National Board;
20. American Dental Assistants Association and its constituent organizations;
21. The Compliance Division, LLC;
22. Dental Compliance Specialists, LLC; and
23. Other entities approved by the Board.
    1. Texas School of Sleep Medicine and Technology,
    2. Boyd W. Shephard, D.D.S., J.D