Stewart F M, Drummond J R
Dundee Dental School, Dundee University.
Br Dent J. 2000 Jan 8;188(1):7-8. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4800372.
It was only in 1895 that the first woman dentist in the UK graduated from Edinburgh Dental School, and a further 17 years until a women was granted a dental qualification from The Royal College of Surgeons of England. At around this time cartoons began to appear, flippantly depicting women to be working in a profession regarded by many as masculine. Over the following years women dentists became more accepted, although as recently as the 1960's women were encouraged to enter certain branches of the profession where it was thought that they would be most useful. Government publications of this era encouraged women dentists to join the Maternity and Child Welfare Service and the School Health Service. It was felt that this work would be particularly suitable for them and that child patients would react more favourably to women dentists.
直到1895年，英国第一位女牙医才从爱丁堡牙科学院毕业，又过了17年，才有一位女性获得英格兰皇家外科医学院颁发的牙科资格证书。大约在这个时候，开始出现一些漫画，轻率地描绘女性从事一种被许多人视为男性专属的职业。在接下来的几年里，女牙医越来越被接受，尽管直到20世纪60年代，仍有人鼓励女性进入该职业的某些分支，因为人们认为她们在这些领域会最有用。这个时代的政府出版物鼓励女牙医加入母婴福利服务机构和学校健康服务机构。人们认为这项工作对她们特别合适，而且儿童患者对女牙医的反应会更积极。
