Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Dental Hygiene
Kaunas, Lithuania
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
06 Jul 2026*
EARLIEST START DATE
01 Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 4,108 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* The online application opens on the 1st of November
Key Summary
About: The Dental Hygiene programme at the largest institution of higher education for biomedical sciences in Lithuania integrates studies, research, and clinical practice. It trains dental hygienists to meet EU requirements, grants qualification and the right to provide oral health care, fosters interest in innovations, and develops creative, scientific, and critical thinking to deliver professional oral hygiene and cooperate with healthcare specialists for individual and public health.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can practice dental hygiene, work in public or private oral health institutions, or pursue roles in preventive dentistry, community oral health promotion, clinical care, hospitals, research, education, and public health. Key skills include patient education, clinical prophylaxis, infection control, periodontal maintenance, and interprofessional teamwork.
Dental Hygiene
The aims of the Dental Hygiene Programme are to educate and train dental hygienists based on the requirements recognized in the EU, to create possibilities for acquiring the qualification of a dental hygienist, granting the right to provide healthcare services, to foster interest in the novelties of the science and practice of oral health care, to develop creative, scientific, and critical thinking, and the sense of intellectual satisfaction from studies or work.
These aims of the Dental Hygiene Programme are directly related to the mission of the Programme – to educate and train dental hygienists who are able to provide with professional oral hygiene procedures and could cooperate with other health care specialists for ensuring individual and public health.
Year 1
Natural Sciences, Human Anatomy, Dental Hygienst’s Professional Health, Psychology of Communication, Lithuanian Language
Year 2
Physiology, Oral Health and Personal Oral Hygiene, Ethics, Ergonomics, Phantom Course in Professional Dental Hygiene
Year 3
Professional Dental Hygiene and Clinical Practice, Cariology and Clinical Practice, Periodontology and Clinical Practice, Oral Surgery: pain control, Pharmacology, Radiology, Prevention of Oral Diseases
Year 4
Clinical Practice, Paediatric Dentistry and Clinical Practice, Oral Health Care of Elderly People, Oral Health Care of Orthodontic Patients, Introduction into Prosthetic Dentistry
BSc in Oral Health Care and qualification of the Dental Hygienist
Credits:240 ECTS
Continue your education by entering MSc programmes. Later PhD studies.
Practice dental hygiene. Work in public or private institutions conducting oral health care or other related areas of oral health care promotion.
- Clinical skills are developed in phantom-head laboratories and clinics of University.
- Small groups (10 students) in clinical courses.
- Multicultural environment and student community: international students make up 28% of the total student body at LSMU.
- Possibility to spend a semester or a year abroad with the Erasmus+ or Nordplus (Nordic-Baltic Dental Hygiene-Oral Health) exchange programmes.
- Tuition fees at a good quality-to-cost ratio and reasonable living costs in Lithuania.
- Support system for student adaptation: mentoring, tutoring, and psychological counselling.