ADA CERP Facts

• The role of ADA CERP is to evaluate providers of continuing dental education (CE) and assist state boards and other organizations that have CE requirements to identify CE providers whose activites are acceptable for credit. The ADA CERP does not approve the specific courses or the credit hours that recognized providers offer.
  
  
• The ADA CERP evaluates providers of continuing dental education in 15 aspects of CE program quality. Only providers that can meet ADA CERP standards and procedures are granted approval and are authorized to use the ADA CERP logo and recognition statement. Once approved, providers are held accountable for maintaining those same high standards through periodic reevaluation.
  
  
• Currently, there are 394 ADA CERP recognized providers at the national level, including 39 ADA constituent societies and 11 component societies, 66 dental/medical schools, universities and colleges, and 55 national dental organizations and dental specialty societies and dental associations and 36 dental education companies. In addition, authorization has been granted to ADA constituent (state) dental societies and participating specialty organizations recognized by ADA CERP to extend approval to their component (local) societies and affiliates, respectively. Through the extended approval process, 124 dental societies have been recognized.
  
  
• Of the U.S. licensing jurisdictions that have currently implemented CE requirements for licensure renewal of dentists and allied staff, all accept the credits offered by ADA CERP. However, each licensing jurisdiction may have additional criteria that must be met.
  
  
• The Academy of General Dentistry accepts credits from ADA CERP nationally recognized providers toward the FAGD and MAGD awards.
  
  
• All CE providers that meet the eligibility requirements may apply for ADA CERP approval. Participating providers pay an application fee and an annual fee.
  
  
• ADA CERP does not maintain a registry of CE credits. It is the responsibility of the CE provider to maintain records of participants in its educational activities. It is the responisibility of participants to retain documentation verifying partiipation in CE activites and to submit copies to their individual licensing boards as required.

Contact Information:
ADA CERP
American Dental Association
211 E Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611-2678
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Telephone: 312-440-2869
ADA Members: call the toll-free number, ext. 2869