How Denfolio works
Denfolio is a private, phone-first record of a dental clinician's continuing education: your certificates, your license renewal requirements and the skill domains your hours cover, in one place.
1. Request access
Tap Continue with Google. Signing in creates an access request; the operator reviews it before your library opens. The page updates by itself once you are approved. There is no fee at this time.
2. Set up your licenses
Choose your profession, then add each license: the US state or Canadian province, and your current renewal cycle dates. Denfolio has requirement summaries for dentists in 51 US jurisdictions and all 10 Canadian provinces and 3 territories, including annual renewal steps. Boards that sort CE into categories (for example RCDSO Category 1, 2 and 3) get a category picker on each certificate, so category minimums and maximums are tracked too. Each summary shows how confident we are in it and links to the board's own sources. The board's rules always govern your renewal; confirm with the board before you rely on a summary.
3. Add certificates
- Photo or Upload saves the original (JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF or PDF, up to 20 MB) to your private Inbox. Keep the page open until the upload finishes.
- When automatic reading is enabled, Denfolio suggests the title, provider, date, hours and skill domain. If it is not enabled, or it cannot read the file, you fill in the fields yourself. Either way, nothing counts toward your hours until you review it and tap Confirm & file.
- Manual lets you record a course without a file.
- iPhone HEIC photos: take the photo from inside Denfolio, or convert the file to JPG first.
4. See where you stand
- Home shows hours in each license cycle (after any self-study or practice-management limits), mandatory topics still missing, days left and the pace you need.
- Mastery and Insights show how your hours split across 23 skill domains, by year and over the last 12 months.
- Courses is a directory of CE providers and vendors, filtered by domain. It links to the provider's own pages; Denfolio does not sell courses.
5. Install it on your phone
- iPhone (Safari): Share → Add to Home Screen → Add.
- Android (Chrome): ⋮ menu → Install app.
- Desktop (Chrome or Edge): the install icon in the address bar, or ⋮ → Install Denfolio.
The Install button on the sign-in page and in Settings shows the steps for your browser. Your records need a connection; they are not stored on the device for offline use.
6. Your records are yours
- Export: Insights → JSON (everything, including unfiled Inbox items) or CSV (filed certificates).
- Delete: Settings → Delete my account removes your records, files and sign-in identity from Denfolio. See the privacy notice for the small access record that is kept.
- Other members cannot see your records. The operator can access them for support and maintenance.
Help and feedback
Write to ft@fareedtareen.com. If sign-in fails, include the stage and code shown on screen (for example stage: identity, code: CM-NET); never send passwords or certificate files by email.