# New Jersey dental hygienist online dental CE > Role-specific live, online, correspondence, webinar, home-study, and self-study CE signals for dental hygienists renewing in New Jersey. URL: https://dentovio.com/online-dental-ce/new-jersey/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 New Jersey dental board before enrolling. ## Direct answer Dental hygienists in New Jersey: 20 hours / 2 years (biennial). Online/live-course signal from Dentovio's sourced CE notes: Dentist mandatory hours (10 of the 40): 3 hrs CPR (hands-on, AHA-standard, in-person), 2 hrs infection control/prevention, 3 hrs pharmacology & internal medicine (incl. Hygienist mandatory (6 of 20): 3 hrs CPR (in-person), 1 hr infection control, 1 hr professional ethics/NJ law, 1 hr prescription opioids. Distance-learning/self-study cap: no more than one-half of required hours may be via written/electronic distance learning — 20 hrs max for dentists, 10 hrs max for hygienists, 5 hrs max for assistants; live synchronous webinars count as in-person and are not capped. Confirm the current dental hygienist live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the New Jersey dental board before enrolling. ## Dental hygienist CE snapshot 20 hours / 2 years (biennial) ## Online and live-course notes Dentist mandatory hours (10 of the 40): 3 hrs CPR (hands-on, AHA-standard, in-person), 2 hrs infection control/prevention, 3 hrs pharmacology & internal medicine (incl. Hygienist mandatory (6 of 20): 3 hrs CPR (in-person), 1 hr infection control, 1 hr professional ethics/NJ law, 1 hr prescription opioids. Distance-learning/self-study cap: no more than one-half of required hours may be via written/electronic distance learning — 20 hrs max for dentists, 10 hrs max for hygienists, 5 hrs max for assistants; live synchronous webinars count as in-person and are not capped. ## Full renewal-cycle note Biennial renewal. Dentist mandatory hours (10 of the 40): 3 hrs CPR (hands-on, AHA-standard, in-person), 2 hrs infection control/prevention, 3 hrs pharmacology & internal medicine (incl. NJ Prescription Monitoring Program), 1 hr prescription opioids, 1 hr professional ethics & NJ law/jurisprudence. Hygienist mandatory (6 of 20): 3 hrs CPR (in-person), 1 hr infection control, 1 hr professional ethics/NJ law, 1 hr prescription opioids. Assistants: same 6 mandatory-topic structure within their 10 hrs. Distance-learning/self-study cap: no more than one-half of required hours may be via written/electronic distance learning — 20 hrs max for dentists, 10 hrs max for hygienists, 5 hrs max for assistants; live synchronous webinars count as in-person and are not capped. Dentists may carry over up to 7 excess credits to the next biennium. ## Official board source - ## References - - - ## Related - [New Jersey online dental CE](https://dentovio.com/online-dental-ce/new-jersey/index.html.md) - [New Jersey dental hygienist CE requirements](https://dentovio.com/ce-requirements/new-jersey/dental-hygienist/index.html.md) - [New Jersey dental license renewal](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-renewal/new-jersey/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)