# Louisiana dental hygienist online dental CE > Role-specific live, online, correspondence, webinar, home-study, and self-study CE signals for dental hygienists renewing in Louisiana. URL: https://dentovio.com/online-dental-ce/louisiana/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 Louisiana dental board before enrolling. ## Direct answer Dental hygienists in Louisiana: 20 hours / 2 years. Online/live-course signal from Dentovio's sourced CE notes: Dentists: 30 hrs, of which 20 must be personally-attended clinical courses (remaining 10 may be online/correspondence with a written exam). Hygienists: 20 hrs, of which 12 must be personally-attended clinical (remaining 8 may be online/correspondence). Confirm the current dental hygienist live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the Louisiana dental board before enrolling. ## Dental hygienist CE snapshot 20 hours / 2 years ## Online and live-course notes Dentists: 30 hrs, of which 20 must be personally-attended clinical courses (remaining 10 may be online/correspondence with a written exam). Hygienists: 20 hrs, of which 12 must be personally-attended clinical (remaining 8 may be online/correspondence). ## Full renewal-cycle note Biennial; licenses valid for two years, staggered by last name (A-L renew odd years, M-Z even years), expiring Dec 31; CE reported via CE Broker by Dec 31. Dentists: 30 hrs, of which 20 must be personally-attended clinical courses (remaining 10 may be online/correspondence with a written exam). Hygienists: 20 hrs, of which 12 must be personally-attended clinical (remaining 8 may be online/correspondence). All licensees must maintain current BLS certification at all times (counts as 3 personally-attended clinical hours); sedation/anesthesia permit holders must also hold ACLS or PALS. Dentists: one-time-in-career 3-hour opioid management course (drug diversion, best-practice prescribing of controlled substances, or addiction treatment). No explicit infection control or jurisprudence CE mandate found for renewal. Per La. Admin. Code tit. 46, Part XXXIII, Ch. 16 (Section 1611 dentists, 1613 hygienists). ## Official board source - ## References - - - - ## Related - [Louisiana online dental CE](https://dentovio.com/online-dental-ce/louisiana/index.html.md) - [Louisiana dental hygienist CE requirements](https://dentovio.com/ce-requirements/louisiana/dental-hygienist/index.html.md) - [Louisiana dental license renewal](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-renewal/louisiana/index.html.md) - [All online dental CE pages](https://dentovio.com/online-dental-ce/index.html.md) - [Dental CE hours tracker](https://dentovio.com/tools/ce-tracker/index.html.md)