Dental Hygiene
Kaunas, Lithuania
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
EUR 4,108 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
Introduction
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 โ 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.
Admissions
Curriculum
Year 1
Natural Sciences, Human Anatomy, Dental Hygienstโs 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
Program Outcome
BSc in Oral Health Care and qualification of the Dental Hygienist
Credits:240 ECTS
Continue your education by entering MSc programmes. Later PhD studies.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Practice dental hygiene. Work in public or private institutions conducting oral health care or other related areas of oral health care promotion.