Dental Hygiene
What do you study in Dental Hygiene?
If you are interested in health, working with people and healthcare, the Higher Technician in Oral Hygiene programme prepares you to work directly in dental clinics and health centres as a specialist in oral health. You will learn both the theory and clinical practice needed to play an essential role alongside dentists and stomatologists.
- Anatomy and physiology of the stomatognathic system
- Oral hygiene, prophylaxis and scaling techniques
- Oral health education and prevention
- Dental radiology and use of clinical equipment
- Patient care and teamwork in healthcare
- Hands-on placements in dental clinics during the programme
After completing the programme, you will be ready to enter the workforce as a dental hygienist, a profession in high demand with an increasingly recognised role in the healthcare system.
Where to study Dental Hygiene?
Taught at 283 schools, 96 public. Annual fees from €257.
What careers does Dental Hygiene lead to?
1 profession it opens the door to, such as Higienista dental.
Higienista dental
El higienista dental es un profesional de la salud bucodental que trabaja bajo la supervisión de un dentista. Sus principales funciones incluyen la limpieza de dientes, la aplicación de selladores y flúor, la toma de radiografías dentales y la educación a los pacientes sobre la higiene oral adecuada. También pueden asistir al dentista en procedimientos más complejos y gestionar el historial clínico de los pacientes. Su labor es fundamental para la prevención de enfermedades bucales y el mantenimiento de una buena salud dental.
Dental Hygiene schools on the map
154 cities with schools that teach it.
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Data for the vocational programme Dental Hygiene in Spain
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