# Wisconsin dentist online dental CE > Role-specific live, online, correspondence, webinar, home-study, and self-study CE signals for dentists renewing in Wisconsin. URL: https://dentovio.com/online-dental-ce/wisconsin/dentist Last verified: 2026-07-08 Research confidence: high Educational summary only, not compliance advice. CE course-format and provider rules can change. Confirm current dentist online, live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the Wisconsin dental board before enrolling. ## Direct answer Dentists in Wisconsin: 30 credit hours / 2 years. Online/live-course signal from Dentovio's sourced CE notes: No dedicated law/ethics hour mandate in the rule; no explicit blanket live-vs-self-study percentage cap found (governed by DE 13 approved-course criteria). Confirm the current dentist live, webinar, correspondence, home-study, self-study, provider, and audit rules with the Wisconsin dental board before enrolling. ## Dentist CE snapshot 30 credit hours / 2 years ## Online and live-course notes No dedicated law/ethics hour mandate in the rule; no explicit blanket live-vs-self-study percentage cap found (governed by DE 13 approved-course criteria). ## Full renewal-cycle note BIENNIAL (Wis. Admin. Code ch. DE 13; renewal biennium). DENTIST: 30 credit hrs / 2 yrs, of which not less than 25 must be clinical dentistry/medicine, and 2 hrs must cover prescribing of controlled substances for the treatment of dental pain. HYGIENIST: 12 credit hrs / 2 yrs, of which not less than 2 hrs must be infection control; no more than 2 of the 12 may be satisfied by BLS/CPR training. CE does not apply to the biennium in which a license is first issued. Records must be kept at least 6 years. No dedicated law/ethics hour mandate in the rule; no explicit blanket live-vs-self-study percentage cap found (governed by DE 13 approved-course criteria). ## Official board source - ## References - - - - - ## Related - [Wisconsin online dental CE](https://dentovio.com/online-dental-ce/wisconsin/index.html.md) - [Wisconsin dentist CE requirements](https://dentovio.com/ce-requirements/wisconsin/dentist/index.html.md) - [Wisconsin dental license renewal](https://dentovio.com/dental-license-renewal/wisconsin/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)