Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy Higher Education Diploma

About This Course

Gain professional accreditation as a dental hygienist and dental therapist with this 27-month full-time course. Learn alongside dental surgery students in a way that prepares you for the realities of working in a dental practice, with clinical placements treating patients of all ages and backgrounds in real work environments.

Learning Outcomes

✓Become fully qualified as a dental hygienist or dental therapist
✓Demonstrate clinical competence in key clinical skills expected of a qualified dental hygienist and dental therapist
✓Develop caring, competent and confident membership of the dental team
✓Understand anatomy and physiology relevant to dentistry
✓Apply knowledge of law, ethics and professionalism in dental practice
✓Provide health promotion and education in oral disease

Course Curriculum

1.Anatomy and physiology relevant to dentistry
2.Clinical skills training
3.Law, ethics and professionalism
4.Health promotion and education
5.Oral disease
6.Patient-centered care
7.Clinical rotations in specialist departments
8.Oral surgery experience
9.Oral health care training in care homes
10.Dental practice unit experience

Course Details

Price: £42,770
Format: in-person
Duration: 27 months

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Provider

Sheffield

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