# Alaska dental hygienist online dental CE

> Role-specific live, online, correspondence, webinar, home-study, and self-study CE signals for dental hygienists renewing in Alaska.

URL: https://dentovio.com/online-dental-ce/alaska/dental-hygienist

Last verified: 2026-07-08

Research confidence: high

Educational summary only, not compliance advice. CE course-format and provider rules can change. Confirm current dental hygienist online, live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the Alaska dental board before enrolling.

## Direct answer

Dental hygienists in Alaska: 20 contact hours / 2 years (biennial). Online/live-course signal from Dentovio's sourced CE notes: 400) does not itself impose a home-study/self-study cap; secondary sources report all hours may be completed by home study and note content limits (e. Confirm the current dental hygienist live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the Alaska dental board before enrolling.

## Dental hygienist CE snapshot

20 contact hours / 2 years (biennial)

## Online and live-course notes

400) does not itself impose a home-study/self-study cap; secondary sources report all hours may be completed by home study and note content limits (e.

## Full renewal-cycle note

Biennial cycle; licenses expire Feb 28 of odd-numbered years and are renewed every two years. Per 12 AAC 28.400: dentists complete >=32 contact hours; hygienists >=20 contact hours (one contact hour = min 50 minutes of instruction). CPR certification required (per 12 AAC 28.920). Opioid/controlled-substance: if the licensee holds a valid federal DEA registration number, at least 2 hours of CE in pain management and opioid use and addiction. The regulation (12 AAC 28.400) does not itself impose a home-study/self-study cap; secondary sources report all hours may be completed by home study and note content limits (e.g., ~3 hrs practice/risk-management, ~2 hrs volunteer charity care) that were not confirmed in the cited regulation text. No infection-control or law/ethics hour mandate found in the regulation.

## Official board source

- <https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardofDentalExaminers.aspx>

## References

- <https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardofDentalExaminers.aspx>
- <https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alaska/12-AAC-28.400>
- <https://regulations.justia.com/states/alaska/title-12/part-1/chapter-28/article-4/section-12-aac-28-400/>
- <https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardofDentalExaminers/ApplicationsForms/LicenseRenewalApplications.aspx>
- <https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/den4159.pdf>
- <https://www.danb.org/state-requirements/detail/alaska-state-requirements>

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