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PubMed2002

Better opportunities for women dentists: a review of the contribution of women dentists to the workforce.

In June 2000 the Department of Health commissioned a review to examine the need for improvements to the employment opportunities for women dentists in the National Health Service (NHS) across England. Dame Margaret Seward carried out the review, which was published in September 2001. The review was considered necessary for four main reasons. Firstly, workforce panning, because now more than 50% of new entrants to dental undergraduate courses in the UK are female and by 2020 over 50% of all practising dentists will be female. Secondly, evidence that 50% of women in dentistry work for no more than two days per week for the NHS. Thirdly, most women work either as associates in general dental practice (GDP) or in the Community Dental Service (CDS). Lastly, the perception that women find it difficult to return to dentistry after taking a career break.

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PubMed1986

Practice characteristics of women dentists.

The literature on practice characteristics of women dentists is discussed to identify the information available on how women practice dentistry. Few reports have been published that describe or analyze such data. Of the available studies, few are national in scope and even fewer compare male and female age-matched graduation cohorts. With the increase in the number of women dentists, human resource planning and analyses and design of educational curricula will require improved knowledge of the practice characteristics of men and women dentists.

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PubMed2004

Gender impact on the socioprofessional identification of women dentists in Bulgaria.

Women comprise 73 percent of all dentists in Bulgaria. Almost all of them started their careers as salaried, and now they are self-employed. The purpose of this study was to show how female dentists in Bulgaria met the challenges of the social and health reforms during the period of transition from totalitarian to democratic rule. A field sociological survey was carried out between October 1996 and June 1997, involving a sample of 842 dentists. The questionnaire was designed to give information on dental demography trends, pattern of participation and practice of female dentists, and their career development. The data were treated statistically using an SPSS package. Results show that for the period 1991-96 women dentists owned more than 50 percent of the newly opened private practices in Bulgaria. They were more interested in improving their qualifications and more successful in obtaining specialty status than male dentists. Dentists in Bulgaria by the late 1990 s, with no gender difference, tend to identify themselves as liberal practitioners within the pluralistic model of dental services delivery. The volume of services delivered and profile of women in professional practice and their social and professional mobility are highly competitive, despite the growing problems of maternity leave coverage and funding to re-enter the profession.

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PubMed2002

Women dentists: the origins.

The pioneer women in dentistry are worthy of recognition and admiration. They broke the traditional barriers for their sex and set the standards for those who followed in their path as dental professionals. As medicine has its Elizabeth Blackwell, nursing its Florence Nightingale, so dentistry has its Lucy Taylor Hobbs and Henriette Hirschfeld. In 1884, Lucy Hobbs wrote: "People were amazed when they learned that a young girl had so far forgotten her womanhood as to want to study dentistry." Today, women represent almost 50 percent of the dental students in some dental schools. It is projected that by the year 2020, 20 percent of all dental practitioners in the United States will be women. This article details a timeline of women's place in dental history by highlighting prominent women dentists and various opinions on women in dentistry.

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PubMed1991

Women dentists' office apparel: dressing for success in an age of infection control.

A questionnaire on office apparel was answered by 928 of the 2000 women dentists surveyed. The most surprising aspect of this study is that only 51% of all the women surveyed feel the need to wear some type of lab coat or uniform for infection control. Women dentists who do wear a lab coat over street clothes do so primarily for the enhancement of their professional image. Women dentists reporting the highest gross incomes were more likely to wear only street clothes (P = .01) in the office. This study suggests that the dichotomy of dressing for success and dressing for infection control is an issue that needs to be addressed by the profession. Guidelines would be especially helpful for the majority of women dentists who are currently in their first years of practice.

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PubMed1989

Taking time out: a study of women dentists who have experienced career breaks.

Data on the careers and work patterns of women dentists were established in 1975. Social and economic changes, as well as change within the profession, such as the fact that almost half the students entering dental schools are now female, pointed to the necessity of a further survey in 1985. Questionnaires were sent off to 4513 women dentists resident in England and Wales, with a resultant response of 76 per cent. Part of the questionnaire concentrated on the length of career breaks experienced by/taken by women dentists in order to determine whether there has been any change in the pattern of taking time out in dentistry over the decade. At the time of the survey, 388 women (12 per cent) were retired, in addition, just over half of the women who replied had experienced a break at some stage during their career. These breaks from practice are described and discussed.

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PubMed1990

Women dentists in national dental organizations and the FDI.

Evidence from around the world indicates that there is a general increase in the percentage of women dentists in many countries. In the past the number of women dentists holding office in national and international dental organizations and societies has been very small. The situation is gradually changing with a greater number of women dentists being elected to positions of representation. The paper details the author's experiences in her native Finland to illustrate this gradual shift in emphasis and details the number of women holding office and attending the General Assembly of the FDI.

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PubMed1990

The careers of women dentists in the university.

Since 1866 when Lucy Beaman Hobbs graduated from the Ohio College of Dental Surgery as the first woman dentist in the world, many women have followed her example. In this paper, the first to be given in the Symposium, 'Women In Dentistry - Any Room At The Top?', the place of women dentists in universities is discussed. In many countries, despite the rapid growth in the proportion of women compared with men qualifying in dentistry, men still hold the majority of senior university posts. Evidence supports this observation and suggestions are given as to the reasons why it may persist.

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