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Dental Hygiene

Dental Hygiene

Degree 
BSc - Licenciatura's Degree
School 
Faculty of Dental Medicine
Time period 
Day time
Duration 
6
ECTS 
180
Language 
PT
Data de Acreditação A3ES 
09/08/2023
Prazo de Acreditação A3ES 
6 anos
Official Portuguese Code (DGES) Number 
R/A-Ef 2017/2011
Official Portuguese Code (DGES) Registration Date 
03/18/2011

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The course lasts 3 years (6 semesters), totaling 180 credit units (ECTS), and is organized in curricular units in a model of acquisition of vertical and horizontal skills. In the last year there is a one-semester internship in which the student is specifically oriented to the understanding and application of the knowledge necessary for the exercise of the profession of Dental Hygienist.

Objectives 

To prepare clinicians to administer preventive oral hygiene care to patients of all ages, including the disabled, and collaborate with health team members in planning, implementing, and evaluating community health programs.

Career prospects 
Provision of oral health care and/or promotion in health centres, clinics, dental clinics, day care centres, kindergartens, hospitals, companies involved in the manufacture and marketing of dental and oral health materials, nursing homes and school units.

National Admission 
2024/25

Vacancies 
44
Prerequisites 
Grupo B - Comunicação interpessoal
National Admission Exams 
Um dos seguintes conjuntos: 02 Biologia e Geologia + 07 Física e Química ou 02 Biologia e Geologia + 16 Matemática ou 02 Biologia e Geologia + 18 Português
Minimum Grades - Applications 
95
National Admission Exams 
95
Admissions for 
2023/24
Grade of the last student admitted – 1st phase 
151.30
Grade of the last student admitted – 2nd phase 
145.00
Fee – 1st year (indicative) 
697.00€
Fee - remaining years (indicative) 
697.00€

International Access

Vacancies for International Students 
6
Fee - 1st year (indicative) 
7000,00€
Fee - remaining years (indicative) 
7000,00€