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SRAT/STHF
Box 1419
111 84 Stockholm
Visiting address: Malmskillnadsgatan 48
Tel: +46 8 4424460 • Fax: +46 8 4424480 • Email: info@tandhygienistforening.se
www.tandhygienistforening.se
Dental Hygienists must send a copy of their diploma or certificate with a copy of their curriculumto the licensing body. If training is considered equivalent to that in Sweden, permission is given to practice. Some applicants may need to take a course to meet the requirements.
Dental Hygienist education programs are available at six schools: Karolinska Institutet - Stockholm and at the universities of Gothenburg, Karlstad, Jönköping, Umeå and Kristianstad.
National Board of Health and Welfare
BU enheten, 10630 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: +46 75 2473000
https://legitimation.socialstyrelsen.se/en/
Dental Hygienists that are accepted and licensed, may work without supervision. Dental Hygienists accepted and not licensed, may work with supervision.
The Swedish Embassy/Consulate in the country of residence.
Not if the applicant is from the EU or the Nordic countries. Not if the applicant has a close relative living in Sweden and requires a resident permit. Not when the applicant requires a resident permit for studies.
Yes, if the applicant is not from the EU or Nordic countries and requires a work permit.
Swedish and Finnish. It is necessary to be fluent in Swedish. Dental Hygienists may be asked to sit a national test in Swedish.
No.
Full time work consists of 40 hours per week. 55% of dental hygienists work in the public sector, 42% work in the private sector. 3% are independent practitioners.
Job opportunities are fairly good at present and in the near future we can’t see that it will change.
Total Population | 10, 20 milj |
Number of Dental Hygienists, Female / Male | 4.500 / 130 |
Number of Dentists | 9,000 |
Number of Dental Hygiene Schools / Students per year | 6 / 200 |
Practicing Dental Hygienists: Full-time / Part-time | 3,900 / 430 |
Number of Dental Hygienists in private sector / public sector | 1,800 / 2,500 |
Number of Dental Hygienists practicing as Clinicians | 4,300 |
Number of Dental Hygienists practicing as Educators | 80 |
Dental Hygienists practicing as Administrators and/or Consultants | 120 |
Number of Dental Hygienists in other practice settings | 250, independent clinicians |
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