CDHA and our 25 local components offer over 200 hours of continuing education units (CEUs) per year throughout the state. These courses are either highly discounted or complimentary for CDHA members. 

CDHA is a registered continuing education provider with the Dental Board of California.
Name Registered: CA Dental Hygienists' Association 
DBC Permit #: 2099

Online CEU Events 

In partnership with CDHA sponsors, members can access online live CEUs during this time of isolation due to COVID-19. CDHA hopes to resume to regular in-person meetings in the fall. Until then, thanks to our valued sponsors, you don’t have to delay your professional development.

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Home Study Courses

All licensed RDHs in California must complete 25 CEUs every two years and RDHAPs are required to complete 35 CEUs. Up to 50% of CEUs can be completed in non-live settings (home study, webinars, etc.). For complete details on CEU requirements, visit the Dental Hygiene Board of California (DHBC).

CDHA offers over 200 CEUs units per year throughout the state that are complimentary or highly discounted for members. Many of these CEUs are conveniently available to download online.

CDHA Home Study Courses (see below) are available in PDF format. Two CEUs are available to members for only $25 and to potential members for $35.

Thinking about becoming a CDHA member? Join CDHA and receive a complimentary Home Study CE coupon. 

Home Study Courses

To take advantage of one of CDHA's home study courses download the course by clicking one of the links below, print, complete the exam, and mail the exam and payment to CDHA at 1415 L Street, Suite 1000, Sacramento, CA 95814.

• The A, B, C’s and I, II, III’s of Periodontitis Staging and Grading 
• Musculoskeletal Disorder Prevention in Dental Hygiene 
• Lines and Circles: The Readability of Patient Reading Materials
• Ethics in Review 
• Assessing and Treating Patients with Diabetes in Dental Settings 
• Treatment Considerations for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Patients 
• The Developmental Progression of Eating Skills Identification of Early Feeding Issues
• Periodontal Screening ~ Patient Attitudes and Clinical Care Decision Making 
• Neurological and Neuromuscular Disorders Dental Hygiene Care for Special Patients
• Caring for Adolescents: Opportunities to Improve Future Oral Health
• What’s That Smell? Addressing Halitosis: Strategies for Dental Professionals to Identify and Treat Halitosis
• Miswak: An Alternative Approach to Oral Hygiene Practices
• Nonverbal Communication in Dentistry
• Labor Legislation Review and Analysis
• Advances in Diabetes Diagnosis and Monitoring
• Abbey’s Story: Cystic Hygroma
• The Function Junction: Critical Role of Bio-Adaptability in Mouth Breathing, Sleep Apnea and Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders

Life Long Learning & Video Series

This five-part video series from the California Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Branch in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley, Ergonomics Program and CDHA can help you better understand and learn to manage pain caused by musculoskeletal disorders.