Otero-Injoque Jaime, Arbildo-Vega Heber
Universidad Científica del Sur. Lima, Perú.
Facultad de Medicina Humana, Escuela de Medicina Humana, Universidad San Martín de Porres. Lima, Perú.
Rev Cient Odontol (Lima). 2024 Mar 30;12(1):e183. doi: 10.21142/2523-2754-1201-2024-183. eCollection 2024 Jan-Mar.
To determine the participation of female dentists in the evolution of dental specialties in Peru and establish the gender distribution in each specialty.
A descriptive and retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted using data from the National Registry of Specialists of the Peruvian College of Dentists in August 2023. The relative frequency of female gender and the femininity index were calculated in the total population of specialists and in each specialty to assess their respective evolution over the last 25 years.
Currently, 51.74% of the 3,827 specialty registrations correspond to female dentists, with a femininity index of 1.072. Nine specialties with a female predominance were identified, including Pediatric Dentistry, Family and Community Health in Dentistry, and Restorative and Esthetic Dentistry. On the other hand, areas with a higher male presence are Orthodontics and Maxillary Orthopedics, and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Upon analyzing the temporal evolution, a shift from the historical male majority to the current female predominance in the last fifteen years is observed, and gender parity was reached in 2019.
There is evidence of a change in the gender composition of Peruvian dental specialties, currently with a female predominance.
确定秘鲁女性牙医在牙科专业发展中的参与情况，并确定各专业的性别分布。
采用2023年8月秘鲁牙医学会专家国家登记处的数据进行描述性回顾性横断面研究。计算了专家总数和各专业中女性的相对频率以及女性指数，以评估过去25年中它们各自的发展情况。
目前，3827个专业注册中有51.74% 是女性牙医，女性指数为1.072。确定了九个女性占主导的专业，包括儿童牙科、牙科家庭与社区健康以及修复与美容牙科。另一方面，男性占比更高的领域是正畸与上颌骨矫形以及口腔颌面外科。分析时间演变情况时，观察到在过去十五年中从历史上男性占多数转变为目前女性占主导，并且在2019年实现了性别平等。
有证据表明秘鲁牙科专业的性别构成发生了变化，目前女性占主导。
