The Bachelor of Dental Hygiene (Dental Hygienist Program)

The Dental Hygienist Programme comprises courses in healthcare, natural sciences, humanities, social sciences and dental care. The Students work with diagnostics, treatment planning, prevention, risk assessment, treatment, health promotion, health education, health psychology, community dental care and interdisciplinary activities.

The Dental Hygienist Programme is a three-year bachelor program (180 ECTS points).

It is divided into 12 modules of 10 weeks each:

Module 01: Dental hygiene – Subject, profession and study programme
Module 02: Dental hygiene – Health and disease
Module 03: Dental hygiene – Basic clinical practice
Module 04: Dental hygiene – Health-education practice
Module 05: Dental hygiene – Expanded clinical practice
Module 06: Dental hygiene – Community health promotion and prevention
Module 07: Dental hygiene – Profession and method
Module 08: Dental hygiene – Professional relationships and interactions
Module 09: Dental hygiene – People with special needs
Module 10: Quality assurance, clinical reasoning and treatment
Module 11: Knowledge base and method (bachelor dissertation)
Module 12: Self-employed professional practice

Each module is concluded with a test or exam. Module 11 is the bachelor project – a major written assignment.

The programme includes eight weeks of training at dental clinics and institutions outside the School of Oral Health Care. Students will also have the opportunity to take module 7 elsewhere. The Dental Hygienist Programme has exchange agreements with schools in Amsterdam, Oslo, Stockholm and New York.

Students can also do some of the extramural clinical training abroad.