Comments on: Male and Female Dentists: Is There Really a Difference?

By: Bianca Jackson

Bianca Jackson — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:00:00 +0000

As long as I’m sure that they’re going to do a good job, the gender doesn’t matter. They’re still dentists, right? If I were going to have a dental implant put on me, I would care more about the results rather than who’s going to do the surgery and all that. There are a lot of good dentists here in Las Vegas. May they be men or women, they’re all good dentists.

By: RDA-RDH

RDA-RDH — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:30:00 +0000

In answer to your concerns about xrays, any competant dentist will advise xrays at least once a year (bitewings minimally) because changes can occur rather quickly in teeth/bone. As an adult you arent getting a proper checkup without them done periodically bc there are some problems you just cant see with the naked eye. The radiation in dental xrays is so minimal the effect is gone instantly. You’re likely getting more radiation standing near the microwave or using a cell phone (but dont quote me..lol)

As for male dentists being better…I’ve found the craftsmanship of the restorations to be the same having worked with both (i’m a hygienist and assistant 5+ yrs). But the attitude seems to be better with male dentists. Most were more laid back and able to make the patient comfortable. I’m not making any solid claims, but in my experience female dentists projected a lack of sincerity and willingness to adjust to unexpected surpises in a busy day of treatment.

By: Karim

Karim — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:35:06 +0000

Though disclaimer is that I’ve had 2 male dentists and 2 female dentists, so not a big enough sample size to make a broad generalisation, I’ve heard of similar stories from colleagues such as

1. female dentist not having the strength to pull out a premolar and then leaving the office to call a male dentist to do the job.

2. Not injecting enough anaesthetic and leave the patient screaming in pain.

By: Karim

Karim — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:29:31 +0000

I don’t know anything about dentistry, but I have switched dentists quite a lot over the years, I found the female dentists are terrible.. I have to say that male dentists were far better with scale & polish jobs, and did a very good job with fillings too.

I just came back from a scale a polish from a dentist (female), and I had a look in the mirror, and I’ve still got calculus on my teeth.

Also I had another xray done on my teeth for no apparant reason, I had xrays done a couple of years ago, and as far as I’m aware my teeth are exactly the same, no reason was given apart from “we just need to have a look at your roots”.. what about my brain? this is the second time I had xrays done on my head. Terrible. Go in with some calcus, walk out with a brain tumor

By: Best Ogden Dentist

Best Ogden Dentist — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:39:28 +0000

Well, for me it doesn’t matter whether my dentist was a man or a woman. I see a male dentist but all of his dental assistants are female. It seems like the dental assistants spend more time taking care of me when I go in than time spent with the dentist.

To me, it doesn’t matter either way.

- Curtis

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:02:20 +0000

To Dr J Kennedy : only the ones who wear black leather , spike heels and yell ” cum to momma ” !

Why , back in the day when there were cavities and sugar was still one of the food groups they drilled our teeth without novocain and told us to sit still and stop yelling ….and we liked it ! No woman is capable of this , unless they wear leather and have tatoos that read ” USS Nevada ” .

Female dentists ? they are all qualified but some have better cleavage to help ease my discomfort . I’d say she needs to consider implants if she wants her practice to blossom .

By: Dr J Kennedy

Dr J Kennedy — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:21:44 +0000

Can female dentists pull teeth as well as male counterparts?

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:45:34 +0000

I think we need female dentists. I haven’t been to a dentist in 20 years because when I was a child I had a male dentist was was very bad and did some very bad things to me. This experience scarred me for life and even the thought of going to a dentist makes me cry like a baby and I have lots of tattoos (didn’t flinch once or make a sound)and I have had my tonsils out. So now after 20 years I need to see a dentist and I have my boyfriend keep telling me i need to go. I was crying for a week straight at the thought of just going until I thought about seeing a female dentist and the though of that still scared me but it made me a lot less scared. I’m at least not scared to the point where I’m in tears. My point is we should not discriminate. It is nasty. And we need female dentists for people like me and I know I’m not the only one out there who feels like this.

By: Lin (R.D.A.)

Lin (R.D.A.) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:36:57 +0000

Your previous discussion on the topic of gender discrimination in dental school admissions was quite interesting to say the least, and I couldn’t help but put in my personal vote on the poll that such behavior is atrocious. Not being a dentist myself, I didn’t feel it appropriate to put in my two cents there.

From your previous discussion: “With too many qualified female applicants, educational institutions have had to adopt higher standards for women in order to maintain an even gender ratio”.

In this day and age, it’s ludicrous that this type behavior continues to prevail in our society.