In April 2019, Meikai University (Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture) will open the first four-year dental hygienist training course "Department of Oral Health, Faculty of Health Sciences" at a private university in eastern Japan on the Urayasu campus. * Applying for a designated school (dental hygienist)

 Due to the super-aging society, the increase in life expectancy, and the growing health consciousness, the dental and oral fields are currently focused on preventive medicine as well as conventional therapeutic medicine.In addition, the causal relationship between dental / oral cavity and general health is drawing attention, and the need for dental hygienists who are responsible for the prevention of dental diseases and the improvement of oral health is increasing from the viewpoint of health promotion.Most of the training of dental hygienists is after graduating from a vocational school or junior college and taking a national examination, and the ratio of job offers to applicants for dental hygienists in 2016 was a record high of 20.5 times.On the other hand, there are only three national and public universities in eastern Japan that have a four-year dental hygienist training course.

 Against this background of social conditions, Meikai University aims to train professionals in the dental and oral fields, which will become increasingly necessary in the future, and to provide education and research with an eye on the diversification and sophistication of those fields4. Established an annual "Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Oral Health".Meikai University has dental clinics in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture, and Iruma City, Saitama Prefecture, including the Hospital attached to the Faculty of Dentistry.

 The enrollment capacity is 70 people.The entrance examination methods are planned to include general entrance examinations, university entrance examination center examination use entrance examinations, designated school recommended entrance examinations, AO entrance examinations, and special entrance examinations for adults.

Reference: [Meikai University] In April 2019, Meikai University opened the first 4-year dental hygienist training course "Department of Oral Health, Faculty of Health Sciences" at a private university in eastern Japan.

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