Dental Centre of Excellence (DCE) Intelligence

CPD Demand Analysis
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What is CPD?
CPD = Continuing Professional Development. Mandatory ongoing education that licensed dentists must complete every year (or every 5 years) to keep practicing. In Latvia, dentists need 250 TIP points over 5 years (~50/year) — earned by attending courses, conferences, or e-learning. This creates a guaranteed annual demand for dental education. Every number on this page is about that demand: who needs CPD, how much, and where DCE can sell into it. DCE = Dental Centre of Excellence, Gary Itkin's education arm — the provider trying to capture a slice of this demand with 5 courses launching Sep–Nov 2026.
6,060
Baltic Dentists Needing CPD
1,352
Latvian Dentists
250 TIP
Latvia Req. / 5 Years
~25,000+
Annual Course-Seats Demanded
4 of 7
Countries with Mandatory CPD
30 TIP
Max from E-Learning (Latvia)
CPD Requirements by Country
All 7 Baltic & Nordic countries — mandatory vs voluntary, annual requirements, regulators
Country Mandatory? System Total Req. Period Per Year Regulator Specialty Min. Notes Sources
Latvia TIP System — Full Breakdown
Complete point table and caps for the system DCE must navigate

TIP Activities & Point Values

Category Activity Points Max / Cap

Caps & Restrictions

E-Learning Cap

  • Maximum 20% of required specialty points from e-learning
  • For dentists: max 30 TIP from e-learning (out of 150 specialty TIP)

Clinical Practice Cap

  • Maximum 16% from clinical practice/internship
  • For dentists: max 24 TIP from clinical hours

Presentations + Publications + Mentoring

  • These combined cannot exceed 60% of required specialty points
  • For dentists: max 90 TIP from this category

Event Day Cap

  • Standard events: maximum 8 TIP per day regardless of length

Excluded Countries

  • Courses from Russia and Belarus do not count
  • Exclusion effective since February 24, 2022

Emergency Medicine — Mandatory

  • All healthcare professionals: minimum 8 TIP
  • Split: 4 theory + 4 practical
  • As of May 1, 2026: "Disaster Medicine Methods" program qualifies

Dental Specialties Recognized by LZA

  • General Dentistry · Pediatric Dentistry · Endodontics
  • Orthodontics · Periodontology
Latvia TIP Approval Process
The 5-step process DCE must complete before each course can offer TIP points
⚠ Critical Deadline — Action Required Now
Applications must be submitted at least 60 days before the event date.
The LĀB Certification Board meets on the first Tuesday of each month.

DCE's first course — Magnetic Mallet Masterclass, September 19, 2026:
→ Submission deadline: July 19, 2026
→ Last board meeting before deadline: July 7, 2026
→ LZA endorsement must be secured before that board meeting

For the Periimplantitis course (Sep 26): same deadline window — July 26 at latest. Both can be filed simultaneously.
Re-certification Costs & Timeline
The financial and timing context for Latvian dentists renewing their certificates
Dentist Market Size
Practicing dentists per country and annual CPD seat demand (mandatory countries only)

Practicing Dentists by Country (2023)

Annual CPD Course-Seat Demand (Mandatory Countries)

Where Dentists Find CPD Courses
Discovery channels by country — where DCE needs to be listed to reach its audience

Latvia

Lithuania

Estonia

  • EHL Training Calendar — only EHL & Tartu Uni certificates count automatically
    ehl.ee/hambaarstidele/koolitused/
  • EHL Competency Portal
    ehl.ee
  • University of Tartu CE
    ut.ee/en
  • ProImplant Tallinn events — MINEC Forum, Digital ERA
    proimplant.lv/events
  • Note: International certificates must be manually uploaded by Estonian dentists — EHL recognition requires advance registration by organizer.
Source References
All regulatory and statistical sources used in this analysis
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Initial research — validate before acting
CPD rules, point values, and regulator details change. Figures here are a first-pass scan and should be verified with each country's dental chamber before being used to set course pricing or targeting.
Based on research conducted April 2026 · Dental Centre of Excellence Competitive Intelligence · SIA Dentiks, Riga, Latvia