Study location	Lithuania, Klaipeda
Academic field	Dental studies 12.3 (ISCED 724) Clinical dentistry (JACS A400)
Type	Bachelor, full-time
Nominal duration	3 years
Study language	English
Awards	B.Sc. (Bachelor Degree in Health Sciences)
Accreditation	Nr. SV6-42

Tuition fee	€2,950 per year
Application fee	€120 one-time
Registration fee	To be confirmed You need to choose an individual service package. Please contact the center curator or your agent and consult. You can also familiarize yourself with packages baltic.study/en/packages You become a part of student union and ambassador program automatically after you will get Base or Standard or VIP status. *Do not forget to ask discount

Entry qualification

High school / secondary education (or higher) Requirement – Biology subject and examination (secondary education) Please provide the secondary school leaving certificate in the original language. If the diploma is not issued in English, a certified translation should be provided. The document must be legalised/apostilled. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. It is necessary to have notarized certified documents translated, legalized and apostilled.

Territory requirements	Applications are NOT accepted from the following territories (based on citizenship): Bangladesh, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen.

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: FCE or CAE, IELTS 5.5+ or TOEFL 69+ Accepted proof of proficiency: FCE or CAE, IELTS 5.5+ or TOEFL 69+

Other requirements	At least 1 reference(s) must be provided. A motivation letter must be added to your application.

Overview

To train independently decisions making
specialists, which will work independently or in
a team with dentists and give professional oral
health services, including oral health status
investigation, service giving, according patients’
needs, standardized evaluation of clinical or
prevention service’s needs, systemic individual
and community’s oral health promotion.

Programme structure

Study subjects (127 credits): Health Philosophy / Health Sociology, Academic and Professional Literacy, Communication Psychology and Conflict Management, Professional Ethics and Bioethics, Oral Anatomy, Microbiology and Histology, Speciality Foreign Language, Dental Hygienist’s Work Environment, Ergonomics and Team Work, Patient’s Health Behavior Correction and Management, General Anatomy and Physiology, Dental Materials and Pharmacology, Internal Diseases and Oral Pathology, Individual Dental Hygiene, Children’s Oral and Dental Diseases, Infection Control in Dentistry, General Biochemistry and Immunology, Professional Dental Hygiene I, Adults’ Oral and Dental Diseases and Anesthesia, First Medical Aid and Injections, Oral Health Research Methods, Epidemiology of Oral Diseases, Public Health, Oral Health and Behavior Course Paper, Diseases of Oral Mucosa and Periodontology, Professional Dental Hygiene II, Work Organization and Quality Management in Dental Institution, Dental Radiology, Professional Dental Hygiene III, Oral Health Promoting Behavior Development in the Community, Professional Dental Hygiene IV, Orthopedic Dentistry, Orthodontics and Implantology. Optional subjects (9 credits). Practices (35 credits): Internship of Oral Diseases Prevention, Internship of Working with a Patient I, Internship of Working with a Patient II, Internship of Working with a Patient and Community, Final Internship.

Career opportunities

Dental Hygiene graduates can work as the dental hygienists in licensed for oral health care services organizations.