BA/BS in Dental Care at Šiauliai State Higher Education Institution in Šiauliai, Lithuania is a bachelor's degree in Health Sciences programme. The programme runs for 3 years, delivered on campus.
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Health Sciences
Duration: 3 years
Delivery: On Campus
We have no tuition fees or an application deadline on record for this programme yet — see the official programme page.
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The programme trains an odontologist's assistant to support odontologists across different specialisations and dental hygienists, carrying out intraoral procedures within set limits and contributing to oral disease prevention. Compulsory subjects, totalling 141 credits, cover anatomy, physiology and pathology, clinical dentistry, infection control, communication psychology and professional ethics, oral mucosal and dental diseases, pharmacology and pain control, orthodontics, odontological radiology, oral surgery and the administration of odontological care institutions. Twenty-eight weeks of placements cover infection control, assisting odontologists and their specialists, and the care of both child and adult patients, ending in a graduation practice. Optional subjects include a choice of foreign language, health sociology or statistical data analysis, and deeper study in aesthetic odontology or the odontological care of geriatric and special-needs patients.