Educators should now take over the haphazard pattern that has envolved in continuing education and formalize it in colleges of continuing education. Most dentists in America are now oriented to the concept of continuing education, and this large group could be the nidus for the promotion of colleges of continuing education. Dentistry is the youngest of the health professions and has been the foremost advocate of continuing education. The founding and promotion of colleges of continuing education by the dental profession, as the fourth level in our education system, would certainly contribute to dentistry's stature.