Dental Hygiene

- Protocols for Tertiary Prevention - Primary support therapy - Secondary support therapy - Palliative Support Therapy - Advanced Home Oral Hygiene - Professional oral hygiene advanced - Operational protocols tailor made for patients in tertiary prevention 125 hours are planned for the internship program

The Internship III exam can be supported by the student only upon completion of the number of hours foreseen for second and third year by the didactic organization and after having reached the planned training objectives that will be verified through evaluations obtained in the various training courses.

Clinical Practice of Dental Hygienist - Esther M. Wilkins, 2nd Edition by Gianna Maria Nardi - PICCIN The educational material will be provided in the form of notes and slides from the Teacher

Responsible for planning and organizing the training activity is the Didactic Director in collaboration with the professional tutors of the CdS. These elaborate the annual training project and propose it to the approval of the Course Council. Traineeship supervision is guaranteed by a tutoring system. During the Internship the tutor exercises a constant evaluation of the student's learning in order to achieve the maximum effectiveness of the training process.

Pursuant to Article 6 of the Teaching Regulations of the Dental Hygiene Course, Professional Training is the fundamental training activity for the development of professional, relational and behavioral skills of diagnostic reasoning and critical thinking. The attendance of the student to the internship activities is 100% obligatory for all 60 credits provided by the educational system in accordance with European legislation and must be certified and evaluated. The practical training activity is usually organized in relation to the academic calendar; the related implementation provisions are the responsibility of the Educational Director.

To pass the exam you must obtain a grade of not less than 18/30 in each module. The student must demonstrate that he has acquired a sufficient knowledge of the operational protocols of primary secondary and tertiary prevention, and must know the techniques of ballistic support, of oral hygiene at home and advanced professional and tailor-made operational protocols for patients in tertiary prevention. To achieve a score of 30/30 cum laude, the student must demonstrate that he has acquired excellent knowledge of all the topics covered during the course, being able to link them in a logical and consistent way. The exam includes an oral and practical test on synthetic models. The final judgment is also based on the assessments expressed by the clinical tutors at the end of the individual training activities as well as the mastery of the topics and the ability to exhibit

Responsible for planning and organizing the training activity is the Didactic Director in collaboration with the professional tutors of the CdS. These elaborate the annual training project and propose it to the approval of the Course Council. Traineeship supervision is guaranteed by a tutoring system. During the Internship the tutor exercises a constant evaluation of the student's learning in order to achieve the maximum effectiveness of the training process.