Dental Hygiene

https://uniupo.it/en/courses/undergraduate-bachelors-degrees/dental-hygiene
Igiene dentale
SCUOLAMED
Degree programme
3-year undergraduate
Course title (Classe)
L/SNT3– Professioni sanitarie tecniche
Access type
National-regulated
Duration
3 Years
Languages
Italian
Course Director

Prof. Pier Luigi Foglio Bonda

Student Services Office

Novara, via Perrone 18

Teaching locations

Novara, via Lanino, 1

Departments

School of Medicine, DISS -  Department of Health Sciences

Accessing the course

Admission test - Thursday 5 September 2024 (Information about test)

25 Places - Novara

Course overview

There are two elements in this course:

  • Theory: covering medical science, dentistry and dental hygiene  
  • Practice

The course covers basic disciplines – necessary for comprehension of biomedical topics – and a specific professional content of physiological and pathological processes connected to people’s health at different stages of life - a knowledge of the main pathologies and therapeutical, medical and surgical procedures connected to the profession of dental hygiene, as well as basic notions of care and assistance according to psycho-pedagogical principles, sociology and health ethics, to promote understanding of the integration and interdependence of knowledge and skills from other members of a medical team.

Erasmus agreements

  • Accordi Erasmus con la Scuola di Medicina. 

  • Francia: Sophia-Antipolis (Nizza), Nantes
  • Germania: Marburg
  • Grecia: Patrasso
  • Polonia: Wroclaw
  • Portogallo: Lisbona
  • Spagna: Granada, Almeria, "Rovira i Virgili" (Tarragona), Valladolid  
Key features
  • According to AlmaLaurea data, the employment rate for Dental Hygiene graduates from the Università del Piemonte Orientale (100%) is higher than the national average (55%).
  • Workshop activity aimed at professional development of the dental hygienist
  • Participation in congresses and conferences in Italy
  • A high quality of frontal teaching and strongly profession-based clinical practice internship
  • Presence of Clinical Tutors to support learning
Career and employment opportunities

(Decree on Courses, Art. 3, para. 7)

This course prepares participants for a career as

  • Dental hygienist

Graduates in dental hygiene can find jobs in health and social care institutions (public or private), whether as a freelancer or employee.