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Connecticut dental hygienist online dental CE

Dental hygienists in Connecticut: 16 contact hours / 2 years. Online/live-course signal from Dentovio's sourced CE notes: LIVE/SELF-STUDY: internet/distance learning accepted; no explicit live-vs-self-study cap found. Confirm the current dental hygienist live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the Connecticut dental board before enrolling.

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Dental hygienist CE snapshot

16 contact hours / 2 years

Last verified 2026-07-08. Research confidence: high.

Online and live-course signal

LIVE/SELF-STUDY: internet/distance learning accepted; no explicit live-vs-self-study cap found.

Before choosing a course

  1. Verify whether live webinar hours count differently from self-paced online CE.
  2. Check caps for correspondence, home-study, self-study, or asynchronous formats.
  3. Confirm provider approval for your role before enrolling.
  4. Keep completion certificates and audit records in the board-required format.

Source language to review

  • LIVE/SELF-STUDY: internet/distance learning accepted; no explicit live-vs-self-study cap found.

Full renewal-cycle note

2-year (24-month) cycle; 1 contact hour = 50 minutes. DENTISTS (25 hrs): must include at least 1 contact hour in each of (A) any three of ten Commissioner-designated topics, (B) infection control in a dental setting, and (C) prescribing controlled substances and pain management. Ten mandatory-topic menu: controlled substances/pain mgmt; recordkeeping/risk mgmt; infection control; access to care; HIPAA; medical emergencies incl. CPR; sexual assault/domestic abuse; cultural competence; veteran mental health; diagnostic technology. HYGIENISTS (16 hrs): must include 1 hour infection control and 1 hour cultural competency. LIVE/SELF-STUDY: internet/distance learning accepted; no explicit live-vs-self-study cap found. Up to 10 hours may be earned via volunteer dental practice (8 hrs volunteer = 1 CE hour).

References

Last verified 2026-07-08 (research confidence: high). Educational summary only, not compliance advice. Confirm current live, online, correspondence, webinar, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the Connecticut board before enrolling.