Children, adolescents and young adults - health promotion, prevention and treatment within the dental hygienist´s profession
15.0 ECTS credits- Development psychology
- Intercultural studies and gender
- General health, living conditions, and lifestyles
- Human rights, Convention on the rights of the child, domestic violence, and notification of concern
- Dental anxiety
- Tooth and bite development
- Oral examination
- Pedodontics
- Fissure sealing
- Approach and treatment in dental situations
- Orthodontics
- Risk assessment
- Disease prevention treatment
- Professional approach
- Health counseling and education
- Clinical placement (VFU), including auscultation specialist dentistry
- Intercultural studies and gender
- General health, living conditions, and lifestyles
- Human rights, Convention on the rights of the child, domestic violence, and notification of concern
- Dental anxiety
- Tooth and bite development
- Oral examination
- Pedodontics
- Fissure sealing
- Approach and treatment in dental situations
- Orthodontics
- Risk assessment
- Disease prevention treatment
- Professional approach
- Health counseling and education
- Clinical placement (VFU), including auscultation specialist dentistry
Progressive specialisation:
G2F (has at least 60 credits in first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)
Education level:
Undergraduate level
Admission requirements:
60 ECTS credits completed in the Dental Hygiene programme, semesters 1-2, and registered for the courses Public Health and Oral Health Promotion, 7.5 ECTS credits, and Oral and General Health - Theory and Clinical Studies II, 22.5 ECTS credits, with the clinical component of the latter course completed
Selection:
Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.
This course is included in the following programme
- Programme in Dental Hygiene (studied during year 2)