# Nebraska dental hygienist online dental CE > Role-specific live, online, correspondence, webinar, home-study, and self-study CE signals for dental hygienists renewing in Nebraska. URL: https://dentovio.com/online-dental-ce/nebraska/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 Nebraska dental board before enrolling. ## Direct answer Dental hygienists in Nebraska: 30 hours / 2 years. Online/live-course signal from Dentovio's sourced CE notes: Home study capped at 10 hrs per renewal period. Confirm the current dental hygienist live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the Nebraska dental board before enrolling. ## Dental hygienist CE snapshot 30 hours / 2 years ## Online and live-course notes Home study capped at 10 hrs per renewal period. ## Full renewal-cycle note Biennial (24-month) cycle; renewal due on or before March 1 of each odd-numbered year (per 172 NAC ch. 57 §006). Both dentists and hygienists: 30 hrs. Mandatory: at least 2 hrs infection control per period. Home study capped at 10 hrs per renewal period. Permit-holders (e.g., sedation/expanded functions): minimum 2 hrs per permit area; sedation-permit dentists min 6 hrs in anesthesia/sedation administration. Controlled-substance-prescribing dentists: at least 3 hrs biennially on prescribing opiates, including 0.5 hr on the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) — this opioid/PDMP mandate is cited in secondary/board sources; the LII text of §006 emphasized infection control and permit hours. ## Official board source - ## References - - - - ## Related - [Nebraska online dental CE](https://dentovio.com/online-dental-ce/nebraska/index.html.md) - [Nebraska dental hygienist CE requirements](https://dentovio.com/ce-requirements/nebraska/dental-hygienist/index.html.md) - [Nebraska dental license renewal](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-renewal/nebraska/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)