Corso di Dental Hygiene - Università degli Studi di Parma

The course is organized in 3 academic years, 180 ECTS, inclusive of 2 semesters per year and an exam summer session. This will allow the students to be exposed to the theoretical and scientific foundation of the profession and become skillful in clinical practice within the professional environment of the teaching Dental Center.

Three learning areas can be identified in the program: Preparatory Sciences, Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences, Applied Technical Sciences together with clinical training.

Dental Hygienists are primary healthcare professional that perform dental health education activities and take part in primary prevention projects within the public health system.                                                                                       

The Dental Hygiene programme prepares students to become dental hygienists who provide patient-centered care to diverse patient populations in a variety of health care settings. At the end of the course the graduated students will be able to assess a patient's condition and to offer patient-specific preventive and educational services to promote and maintain good oral and general health. These goals  will be reached trough learning and applying   patients’ oral, dental and periodontal assessment, data gathering and interpretation to delineate a preventive dentistry treatment plan. Preventive treatments encompass oral hygiene instructions, periodontal instrumentation and application of different prophylactic means; assessment of the results and long term maintenance plans, counseling on healthy life styles. Dental hygienists carry out their professional activity in public or private healthcare facilities, in dental industry both as employees or freelancers, in University education and in research.