Dental hygienist CE snapshot
30 hours / 2 years
Last verified 2026-07-08. Research confidence: high.
Role-specific online CE
Colorado dental hygienist online dental CE
Dental hygienists in Colorado: 30 hours / 2 years. Online/live-course signal from Dentovio's sourced CE notes: LIVE/SELF-STUDY CAP: at least 50% of required CE hours must be LIVE and interactive. Confirm the current dental hygienist live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the Colorado dental board before enrolling.
Online and live-course signal
LIVE/SELF-STUDY CAP: at least 50% of required CE hours must be LIVE and interactive.
Before choosing a course
- Verify whether live webinar hours count differently from self-paced online CE.
- Check caps for correspondence, home-study, self-study, or asynchronous formats.
- Confirm provider approval for your role before enrolling.
- Keep completion certificates and audit records in the board-required format.
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- LIVE/SELF-STUDY CAP: at least 50% of required CE hours must be LIVE and interactive.
Full renewal-cycle note
2-year license period. Dentists/Dental Therapists and Dental Hygienists both need 30 CE hours per 2-year cycle. First-renewal proration: licensed <12 months = no CE; 12-24 months = 15 hours. At least 16 of 30 hours (or 8 of 15) must be clinical/science-based. LIVE/SELF-STUDY CAP: at least 50% of required CE hours must be LIVE and interactive. OPIOID/CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: dentists must complete at least 1 hour each cycle on best practices for opioid/benzodiazepine prescribing, substance-use-disorder recognition/referral, and PDMP use. CPR/BLS: current BLS certification required for all licensees (capped at 2 CE hours). No explicit standalone infection-control or law/ethics hour mandate found.