Corso di Dental Hygiene - Università degli Studi di Parma

The course is organized in 3 academic years, 180 ECTS, inclusive of 3 periods per year with an exam session for each of them. This will allow the students to know the theoretical and scientific foundation of the profession and become skillful in clinical practice within the professional environment of the Center of Dental Medicine.

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

Dental Hygienists are primary healthcare professionals who 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 through learning and applying patients’ oral, dental and periodontal assessment, data gathering and interpretation to plan a preventive dentistry treatment.

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.