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TODAY THERE ARE AS MANY WOMEN AS THERE ARE MEN<\/strong>\u00a0in dental schools. But 150 years ago it was very different.\u00a0We admire and honor those women who paved the way. <\/p>\n Although a dental education wasn\u2019t available to women until fairly recently, women have been practicing dentistry for a long time. This ranged from neighborhood women using traditional remedies, to women like Emeline Roberts Jones and Amalia Assur. Amalia Assur learned dentistry in her family\u2019s business… Her father was a dentist, and so was her brother. In Sweden, the Royal Board of Health granted her special permission to independently practice dentistry in 1852. Around the same time in America, Emeline Roberts Jones<\/a><\/strong> was married to a dentist and served as his assistant for years. When her husband died in 1864, Emeline continued serving their patients. Later, she was awarded an honorary membership into the Connecticut Dental Society. <\/p>\n Lucy Hobbes Taylor earned her\u00a0dental degree in 1866, but her road there was long and hard. She\u00a0was initially denied entrance to medical school based on gender. Looking for a\u00a0warmer welcome into dentistry, she started studying under the dean at\u00a0the Ohio College of Dental Surgery.\u00a0She applied for the college in 1861 and was denied. Lucy\u00a0persisted in apprenticing under several prestigious dentists, then boldly opened\u00a0her own practice. After successfully treating patients for years and being admitted to the Iowa State Dental Society, she was finally accepted\u00a0to the Ohio College of Dental Surgery in November, 1865. Because of her experience, she was\u00a0only required to take one course before she was awarded her\u00a0D.D.S. in 1866. <\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8BdipV4Pxa8 <\/p>\n Other women struggled through societal restrictions, bureaucracy, and disadvantage to\u00a0contribute to the field of dentistry. These include Ida Gray Nelson Rollins<\/strong><\/a>, the first African American dentist, and Grace Rogers Spalding<\/strong><\/a>, who co-founded the American Academy of Periodontology and helped spearhead the preventative dentistry and gum care movement. <\/p>\n We appreciate having you as our valued patient. If you have comments about these great women, we\u2019d love to hear them in the comments section below. And, you can always reach out to us on our Facebook<\/strong> page! <\/p>\n TODAY, AS MANY WOMEN<\/strong> as men are in dental school. But 150 years ago, it was a different story…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[176],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-176","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/graystonedental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Unofficially, Women In Dentistry Go Back A Long Way<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Lucy Hobbes Taylor Was The First Woman To Receive A Dentistry Degree<\/strong><\/h3>\n
A Short Video Tribute From The University of Michigan School of Dentistry<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Many Others\u00a0Made A Difference<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Thanks for your trust in our dental practice!<\/h4>\n
Lucy Beaman Hobbs Taylor\u00a0photo\u00a0courtesy of the Kansas Historical Society<\/span><\/a><\/span> Emeline Roberts Jones photo courtesy of The New Haven Museum & Historical Society<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"