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10/31/2023

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03/26/2023

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03/06/2023

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03/03/2023

It’s Employee Appreciation Day! Thank you each and everyone for all your hard work and dedication ❤️

02/28/2023

Tomorrow is the first day of March.
March is Women’s History Month. To kick off our celebration of Women’s History Month, we want to recognize our Community BasedDental Partnership Program’s Dental Director, Dr. Ashley King Tinsley, and all the hard working women in our programs. They never lose sight of their compassion, care, and relationships with patients – those are their strongest assets, those who the American Dental Association calls the “wonder women of dentistry.” We also want to pay homage to the many famous women who paved the road for female dentists throughout history.

THE FIRST PRACTICING FEMALE DENTIST
Women have been practicing dentistry since at least 1852, when Amalia Assur became the first female dentist in Sweden. The Royal Board of Health had to give her special permission to practice because women could not legally practice dentistry at the time.

In the United States, the first practicing female dentist was Emeline Roberts Jones. The New England native married a fellow dentist at the age of 18 and studied dentistry in secret because her husband did not believe women were suited to dentistry. By 1855, she had secretly filled and extracted hundreds of teeth. When her husband found out, he invited her to practice with him and later made her a partner in their practice, which Jones took over after her husband’s death in 1865.

THE FIRST WOMAN TO RECEIVE A DDS
In 1866, Lucy Hobbs Taylor became the first woman to receive a doctorate in dentistry. Although she graduated from the Ohio Dental College with a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS), she was originally denied on the basis of s*x. Dr. Taylor studied independently with a professor at the college and began practicing on her own before Ohio Dental College changed its policy on gender and allowed her into the program.

DENTISTRY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
No list of influential female dentists would be complete without Ida Gray: the first black female dentist. Dr. Gray grew up going to a segregated school but became famous for seeing both black and white patients. She was also deeply committed to her community and held several leadership positions.

Vada Watson Somerville was another female dentist and civil rights activist who made a positive impact on her community. Along with her husband, John Somerville, Dr. Somerville founded the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP and ran a reputable dentistry practice for more than 10 years.