License renewal · Missouri

Dental Hygienist License Renewal in Missouri

The Missouri Dental Board (Division of Professional Registration) sets the rules. Renewal: every two years; deadline: November 30 of each even-numbered year (postmarked on or before the license expiration date). Continuing education: 30 hours per two-year renewal period (December 1 through November 30). Each fact below is quoted from an official state source, linked beside it, and was checked on 2026-10-12. Confirm with the board before you rely on it: rules change.

Renewal cycle and deadline

every two years — November 30 of each even-numbered year (postmarked on or before the license expiration date)

Source: sos.mo.gov

Continuing education

30 hours per two-year renewal period (December 1 through November 30).

Of the 30 hours, not less than 25 must be directly related to updating and maintaining knowledge and skills in the treatment, health, and safety of the individual dental patient. Hours must come from a board-approved sponsor. CE documentation must be reported to the board's CE management system (CE Broker) before expiration or during renewal.

Source: sos.mo.gov · pr.mo.gov

CPR / BLS

Renewal shall be contingent upon the licensee holding a current certification in basic life support (BLS) or advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), or certification equivalent to BLS or ACLS.

Source: sos.mo.gov

Late renewal and lapse

License expires if not renewed by the expiration date; a licensee may not perform any act for which a license is required until it is renewed. An expired license can be renewed within four years of the expiration date with the renewal fee, a $100 renewal penalty fee and CE for each expired renewal cycle (30 hours for the first cycle, 60 for the second); after four years the license is void.

Source: sos.mo.gov · revisor.mo.gov

Verify a license

The board's public lookup: mopro.mo.gov

For the office manager

The renewal is the hygienist's to complete, but a lapsed license is the practice's problem on the schedule. Keep each hygienist's expiry date where an alert reaches both of you well before it, long enough for any CE still owed. The free renewal calendar makes reminders for your own calendar; LVL Up Performance keeps the dates on each staff record and alerts ahead. Neither tracks CE hours or checks anything with the board.

Sources, quoted

“Any person licensed to practice dentistry or dental hygiene shall renew that license every two (2) years.” — sos.mo.gov
“Applications for renewal shall be postmarked on or before the license expiration date, which is November 30 of each even-numbered year.” — sos.mo.gov
“each dental hygienist shall submit satisfactory evidence of completion of thirty (30) hours of continuing education during the two- (2-) year period” — sos.mo.gov
“Of the thirty (30) hours required for dental hygienists, not less than twenty-five (25) must be hours directly related to the updating and maintaining” — sos.mo.gov
“CE Broker is the official continuing education management system of the Missouri Dental Board.” — pr.mo.gov
“Renewal shall be contingent upon the licensee holding a current certification in basic life support (BLS) or advanced cardiac life support (ACLS)” — sos.mo.gov
“An expired license can be renewed at any time within four (4) years of the license expiration date” — sos.mo.gov
“shall not perform any act for which a license is required unless and until the license is properly renewed” — sos.mo.gov
“Renewal Penalty Fee—Dentist/Dental Specialist/Dental Hygienist/Limited Teaching License $100” — sos.mo.gov
“submit satisfactory evidence of completion of at least thirty hours of continuing education for each renewal period that his or her license was expired” — revisor.mo.gov
“The license of any dental hygienist who fails to renew within four years of the time his or her license has expired shall be void.” — revisor.mo.gov
“Biennial License Renewal Fee 1. Dentist License $150 2. Dental Specialist License $150 3. Dental Hygienist License $ 60” — sos.mo.gov
“The license of any dentist or dental hygienist shall expire if not renewed on or before the license expiration date.” — sos.mo.gov
“the mandatory continuing education hours shall be fifty (50) for dentists and thirty (30) for dental hygienists” — sos.mo.gov
“the mandatory continuing education hours shall be one hundred (100) for dentists and sixty (60) for dental hygienists” — sos.mo.gov
“The continuing dental education hours obtained shall be from a board-approved sponsor.” — sos.mo.gov
“provide copies of the required continuing education documentation to the board’s continuing education management system prior to the license expiration date” — sos.mo.gov

Checked 2026-10-12. Something out of date? Write to mauricio@lvlupperformance.com and we will fix it. This page is information, not legal advice.