# Minnesota dental hygienist online dental CE

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

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

Last verified: 2026-07-08

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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 Minnesota dental board before enrolling.

## Direct answer

Dental hygienists in Minnesota: 25 hours / 2 years. Online/live-course signal from Dentovio's sourced CE notes: Dentovio did not isolate a specific online, live, correspondence, home-study, webinar, or self-study cap in the sourced renewal notes. Review the official board source before choosing course formats. Confirm the current dental hygienist live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the Minnesota dental board before enrolling.

## Dental hygienist CE snapshot

25 hours / 2 years

## Online and live-course notes

Dentovio did not isolate a specific online, live, correspondence, home-study, webinar, or self-study cap in the sourced renewal notes. Review the official board source before choosing course formats.

## Full renewal-cycle note

Biennial (24-month) cycle ending on the last day of the licensee's birth month in an even- or odd-numbered year (MN Rules 3100.5100). Dentists & dental therapists: 50 hrs (min 30 fundamental, max 20 elective). Hygienists & licensed dental assistants: 25 hrs (min 15 fundamental, max 10 elective). Mandatory: an infection control course every cycle (must primarily address patient safety/health per 3100.6300 & ch. 6950), PLUS each licensee must complete at least 2 courses from a specified mandatory-topic list each cycle. Dentists holding anesthesia/sedation permits owe an additional 15 hrs in anesthesia topics. No carryover of excess hours. The rule does not itemize a standalone CPR/BLS, opioid, or ethics hour mandate beyond the infection-control + '2-from-the-list' structure.

## Official board source

- <https://mn.gov/boards/dentistry/>

## References

- <https://mn.gov/boards/dentistry/>
- <https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/3100.5100/>

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