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A NEGLECTED PROFESSION.

WOMEN DENTISTS. It is refreshing to hear that thfire is at least oho profession wbieh is not overcrowded, and parents troubled ft , it hi the pi-ab.lem "What to do with our daughters" will fee- interested to hear thai there is a grewiug detnnitd for w-emfia doittists. ".For cfcry thousand registered male dental Jii-rtctitipiiefs seattorwl fhroujjliotii, tho L'uitod Kittgdom there arc, roagtily, only two women registered ctentists," This statement was fflad.o to a "Daily News" reprcseiitativo by Miss Lank) JA. Brooks, secretary and warden of the London School of Medicine for Women in Hunter Street, "It is almost tho -only career which has been overloaked by the midft-dass women of to-day who are .seeking to enter professional or business, life," she said.

"It is the more surprising, because the field for the activities of tbo woman dentist is a big one, and is practically empty af e-ompe.-tito.rs., At tile present tim-o there: R-re only three women registered dentists in lignielo.ii, and t-bey arecalled upen to deal with more patients than they can eo-pe with. I helievo there are oiily two in Manchester, aiiti lifl-t nioT.e thnii six for the -rest o;[ the united Kingdom.

"The desire for them fttndtig women t-liei-nselvos is a steadily moroasijig cme, That is hocaiiso wqmeii : hat<> reached thes state at which, white not distrusting idpn, they have a greater 'confidence in their own sex.

. "Wo have «mly five giri students fflr the dentistry course, at present, ' l,ast year the number* was three, a.iid tho previous year two. Prior to that there was ; a .gap of some .tears without any stiidoMts at aJf.

"Looking ;it tho thing from a business point of view, it- fs a sfulciidid tn.vestmeut for pftrfiiiis of girls. The ranrsc extends over lour years, Mid tho joint fees a-ftioiant in. nil tcj -£1,80. Tlw studies -aro pnrsu«l at tills school anW at tiio Neffo«i,fil Deatal Hospital in Groat Borttafl Street.

"At tho end of kur year's, when they li*i;n]e wgiifaTed dental praeticiqtierjs, tiioir incomes should easily equal those of tho average male dentist, which ranges from .£6OO to £2DJE!O a year, "The existence of school clmies, -with women medical htspeetttfrs, reveals an obvious need for Women dentists to attend tho c.MMtm. The practice- qf the irorhdii tlontist of thcj near future will be confined to dealing, with patients of her o*i! sex and children. This is whore the need ties, ami where the lamentable laefe of supply is being most keenly felt," , ' "

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2008, 16 March 1914, Page 2

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A NEGLECTED PROFESSION. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2008, 16 March 1914, Page 2

A NEGLECTED PROFESSION. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2008, 16 March 1914, Page 2

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