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Dental Hygienist Registration Renewal in Ireland

The Dental Council (Dental Council of Ireland) sets the rules. Renewal: annual (Auxiliary Dental Workers registration period 1 September to 31 August); deadline: 31 August each year (annual retention fee for dental hygienists). Each fact below is quoted from an official state source, linked beside it, and was checked on 2026-10-13. Confirm with the board before you rely on it: rules change.

Renewal cycle and deadline

annual (Auxiliary Dental Workers registration period 1 September to 31 August) — 31 August each year (annual retention fee for dental hygienists)

Source: dentalcouncil.ie · dentalcouncil.ie · dentalcouncil.ie · dentalcouncil.ie

Continuing education

Not stated in the official sources we checked.

Source: dentalcouncil.ie

CPR / BLS

Code of Practice regarding Medical Emergencies: 'All dental healthcare professionals are ethically obliged to maintain the knowledge and competence to deal with medical emergencies.' No CPR/BLS certificate is stated as a retention condition for dental hygienists.

Late renewal and lapse

If the Annual Retention Fee is not paid, the name is suspended from the Register; practising as a dental hygienist while suspended is an offence under the Dentists Act 1985; restoration requires the outstanding fee and a Registration Application Fee.

Source: dentalcouncil.ie · dentalcouncil.ie

Verify a registration

The board's public lookup: www.dentalcouncil.ie

For the office manager

The renewal is the hygienist's to complete, but a lapsed license is the practice's problem on the schedule. Keep each hygienist's expiry date where an alert reaches both of you well before it, long enough for any CE still owed. The free renewal calendar makes reminders for your own calendar; LVL Up Performance keeps the dates on each staff record and alerts ahead. Neither tracks CE hours or checks anything with the board. If licenses are one gap among several, the ten-question practice check shows which other records are missing.

Sources, quoted

  • “Dental Council of Ireland” — dentalcouncil.ie
  • “Register Of Dental Hygienists” — dentalcouncil.ie
  • “Auxiliary Dental Workers – 1 September to 31 August annually.” — dentalcouncil.ie
  • “Dental Hygienists: €35.00 Registration Application fee €40.00 Annual retention fee 2026” — dentalcouncil.ie
  • “To maintain your registration, make sure to pay your retention fee by August 31st.” — dentalcouncil.ie
  • “The annual retention fee for Auxiliary Dental Workers is due by the 31 st of August 2026.” — dentalcouncil.ie
  • “If you don’t pay the Annual Retention Fee, your name will be suspended from the Register.” — dentalcouncil.ie
  • “It is an offence under the Dentists Act 1985 to practise as a Dental Hygienist” — dentalcouncil.ie
  • “will be obliged to pay the outstanding Annual Retention Fee and a Registration Application Fee.” — dentalcouncil.ie
  • “the ethical requirement for dentists to undertake CPD remains unchanged” — dentalcouncil.ie
  • “All dental healthcare professionals are ethically obliged to maintain the knowledge and competence to deal with medical emergencies.” — dentalcouncil.ie
  • “These Registers are published annually and as required and are available from the Dental Council office in paper form” — dentalcouncil.ie

Checked 2026-10-13. Something out of date? Write to mauricio@lvlupperformance.com and we will fix it. This page is information, not legal advice.

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