This is a list of the first qualified female dentist to practice in each country, where that is known.
Africa Country DentistYear of graduationYear of starting practiceVéronique Kyelem19721987Hilda AyensuMuthoni GitataRachael Hill TownsendSarti Mwatilifange and another woman1994Simi Johnson and Grace Guobadia 1957Jane Nathan1917Nashina Makosc. 1963
Americas Country DentistYear of graduationYear of starting practice Cidanelia R. González de Carrillo 1896Maria H. Oropeza1914 Isabella Von Sydow 1906 1906 Emma Gaudreau Casgrain 1898 Amelia Venegas 1884Hortensia Lince1890Pilar Celina DuvalSerafina Daumy y Martínez1879Victoria Sofía Oliva Montás1917Delfina Luis Rodríguez1916Bertha Orbelina González1938Carlota Estévez Arrutia1924Marcelle Bellande (née Hakime)Rosa Galo de Castillo1948 Margarita Chorné y Salazar 1896Aida Illueca AvilésAna Seminario de Mac SorleyAzmina Long1980Tine Putscher1937 Emeline Roberts Jones 1855Iride Casullo de Peluffo1897Rosario Cotton1909
Asia Country DentistYear of graduationYear of starting practiceZakia Salman19721984Zhang Qiongxian1936 Vimla Sood 1944 Badri Teymourtash Madiha Saleh Zakic. 1950sKou Takahashi1897Aida Jamal Al-AlamiGeum-bong ChoiEqbal Abdulmohsen Al-Asfour 1970Nihad Kfoury1973 Fatima Jinnah 1923 Nieva Basa Eraña-Velasquez Fatima Al Nasrallah Rosaline Karthigesu 1947Amira Sabaa El Layl Ayehsa Sultan Al Suwaidi Abeer Abdel Rahman Ahmed Al-Faqih
Europe Country DentistYear of graduationYear of starting practice Martha WolfDental Brief: An American Journal of Dental Science, Art and Literature. Thomas Bromwell Welch, Wilbur F. Litch, Alfred P. Lee L.D. Caulk., 1913 1912 Yurdanka Kaldaramova-Senkova1901Rebecca SavvidouŠtěpánka Líčková (country then known as Bohemia)1910 Nicoline MøllerInger Dübeck: Kvinders retlige stilling. I Den Store Danske. Hentet 7. October 2015 1888 1888Josephine Serre1814 Hedvig Eleonora StåhlbergAnna Robina (Robbi) Karvonen became the first female dentist in Finland with university degree in dentistry in 1895. 1887 1887 Madeleine-Françoise CalaisPaul-Martin Bondois: La Première maîtresse-dentiste, Madeleine-Françoise Calais: par P.-M. Bondois, 1928 1740 1740 Henriette Hirschfeld-Tiburtius 1869 1869Eliza Karakatsani1895Gizella Barát1910Thyra Loftsson (née Lange)1925Elena VenturiLate Veibele1901Marcelle Dauphin1920-1930: Les femmes luttent pour l’égalité complète. Internationaler Frauentag. (franz.)Mémorial du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg/ Memorial des Großherzogtums Luxemburg. Nr. 73, 2. Oktober 1920, Bekanntmachung der Prüfungsjury. S. 1163f. (franz./dt.)19221923Carmen Joslin (née Attard)1960Jevrosima Berezina Kaluđerović1904 Virginie Waltjen-StadelmannMyriam Everard: [Henriette van Loenen-de Bordes (1853-1934): tandarts met de broek.] Historica, 2008Henriette van Gelderen became the second in 1887 and Henriette van Loenen-de Bordes the third in 1889. 1885 1885 Petra LieStenvik, Reidun: Petra Lie i Norsk biografisk leksikon på snl.no. Hentet 10. april 2021 fra https://nbl.snl.no/Petra_Lie 1872 1872Józefa Serre1813Maria Nazon1829Milica MihajlovićPavla Marija Kocjančičc. 1926 Polonia Sanz y FerrerFrancisca García became the first woman granted the title dentist in 1877, and Clara V. Rosas the first woman with a degree in dentistry in 1908. 1849 Amalia AssurKjellander Barbro: På Amalia Assurs tid. Några anteckningar om och kring den första svenska kvinnliga tandläkaren ['The days of Amalia Assur. Some notes about and in connection to the first female dentist in Sweden']Maria Briwolski practiced in 1782 but was not an educated dentist. Assur was given a personal dispensation: the first woman dentist to qualify after the profession was open to women was Rosalie Fougelberg. 1852 Mathilde Heumann 1887 Ayşe Şadiye and Azra Hatice1926 Lilian Lindsay 1895 1895
Oceania CountryPhysicianYear graduatedmedical schoolYear beganpractice Annie Praed Margaret "Madge" Estelle Maltby-Robinson (née Barnes) Frances Dorothy Gray1906-1907Jiko Yasa (née Luveni)19671967Margaret Caro1881Toumelu Kalsakau
See also List of first female pharmacists by country List of first female physicians by country Women in dentistry Women in medicine
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