A qualitative research which looks from a gender perspective to dentistry in Turkey

The disease has been in the lives of people since their existence on earth. People have sought a remedy to protect themselves from diseases and stay healthy. The history of the medical profession, like the diseases, goes back a long way. The medical profession has transformed and developed in time. In this thesis, female dentists in the historical process are discussed and supported by qualitative research method in the perspective of gender, forming the main theme of the thesis. In the theory part of this research, the history of medicine in the world was first looked at and then the history of medicine in Turkey was looked at.Female dentists, who are discussed from the perspective of medical sociology and gender, were examined qualitatively and in depth with the participation of sixteen doctors and findings supporting the theory were obtained. These findings were examined from a gender perspective.