# List of first female dentists by country

This is a list of the first qualified female dentist to practice in each country, where that is known.

## Africa

| Country | Dentist | Year of graduation | Year of starting practice |
| Burkina Faso | Véronique Kyelem | 1972 | 1987 |
| Ghana | Hilda Ayensu | | |
| Kenya | Muthoni Gitata | | |
| Liberia | Rachael Hill Townsend | | |
| Namibia | Sarti Mwatilifange and another woman | | 1994 |
| Nigeria | Simi Johnson and Grace Guobadia | 1957 | |
| South Africa | Jane Nathan | 1917 | |
| Sudan | Nashina Makos | c. 1963 | |

## Americas

| Country | Dentist | Year of graduation | Year of starting practice |
| Argentina | Cidanelia R. González de Carrillo | | 1896 |
| Bolivia | Maria H. Oropeza | 1914 | |
| Brazil | Isabella Von Sydow | 1906 | 1906 |
| Canada | Emma Gaudreau Casgrain | | 1898 |
| Chile | Amelia Venegas | 1884 | |
| Colombia | Hortensia Lince | | 1890 |
| Costa Rica | Pilar Celina Duval | | |
| Cuba | Serafina Daumy y Martínez | 1879 | |
| Dominican Republic | Victoria Sofía Oliva Montás | 1917 | |
| Ecuador | Delfina Luis Rodríguez | | 1916 |
| El Salvador | Bertha Orbelina González | 1938 | |
| Guatemala | Carlota Estévez Arrutia | 1924 | |
| Haiti | Marcelle Bellande (née Hakime) | | |
| Honduras | Rosa Galo de Castillo | 1948 | |
| Mexico | Margarita Chorné y Salazar | 1896 | |
| Panama | Aida Illueca Avilés | | |
| Peru | Ana Seminario de Mac Sorley | | |
| Saint Lucia | Azmina Long | 1980 | |
| Suriname | Tine Putscher | 1937 | |
| United States | Emeline Roberts Jones | | 1855 |
| Uruguay | Iride Casullo de Peluffo | 1897 | |
| Venezuela | Rosario Cotton | 1909 | |

## Asia

| Country | Dentist | Year of graduation | Year of starting practice |
| Bahrain | Zakia Salman | 1972 | 1984 |
| China | Zhang Qiongxian | 1936 | |
| India | Vimla Sood | 1944 | |
| Iran | Badri Teymourtash | | |
| Iraq | Madiha Saleh Zaki | c. 1950s | |
| Japan | Kou Takahashi | 1897 | |
| Jordan | Aida Jamal Al-Alami | | |
| Korea | Geum-bong Choi | | |
| Kuwait | Eqbal Abdulmohsen Al-Asfour | 1970 | |
| Lebanon | Nihad Kfoury | 1973 | |
| Pakistan | Fatima Jinnah | 1923 | |
| Philippines | Nieva Basa Eraña-Velasquez | | |
| Saudi Arabia | Fatima Al Nasrallah | | |
| Sri Lanka | Rosaline Karthigesu | | 1947 |
| Syria | Amira Sabaa El Layl | | |
| United Arab Emirates | Ayehsa Sultan Al Suwaidi | | |
| Yemen | Abeer Abdel Rahman Ahmed Al-Faqih | | |

## Europe

| Country | Dentist | Year of graduation | Year of starting practice |
| Austria | Martha Wolf | 1912 | |
| Bulgaria | Yurdanka Kaldaramova-Senkova | 1901 | |
| Cyprus | Rebecca Savvidou | | |
| Czech Republic | Štěpánka Líčková (country then known as Bohemia) | 1910 | |
| Denmark | Nicoline Møller | 1888 | 1888 |
| Estonia | Josephine Serre | 1814 | |
| Finland | Hedvig Eleonora Ståhlberg | 1887 | 1887 |
| France | Madeleine-Françoise Calais | 1740 | 1740 |
| Germany | Henriette Hirschfeld-Tiburtius | 1869 | 1869 |
| Greece | Eliza Karakatsani | | 1895 |
| Hungary | Gizella Barát | | 1910 |
| Iceland | Thyra Loftsson (née Lange) | 1925 | |
| Italy | Elena Venturi | | |
| Latvia | Late Veibele | 1901 | |
| Luxembourg | Marcelle Dauphin | 1922 | 1923 |
| Malta | Carmen Joslin (née Attard) | 1960 | |
| Montenegro | Jevrosima Berezina Kaluđerović | 1904 | |
| Netherlands | Virginie Waltjen-Stadelmann | 1885 | 1885 |
| Norway | Petra Lie | 1872 | 1872 |
| Poland | Józefa Serre | 1813 | |
| Romania | Alma Mohora-Popovici [ro] | | |
| Russia | Maria Nazon | | 1829 |
| Serbia | Milica Mihajlović | | |
| Slovenia | Pavla Marija Kocjančič | | c. 1926 |
| Spain | Polonia Sanz y Ferrer | | 1849 |
| Sweden | Amalia Assur | | 1852 |
| Switzerland | Mathilde Heumann | 1887 | |
| Turkey | Ayşe Şadiye and Azra Hatice | 1926 | |
| United Kingdom | Lilian Lindsay | 1895 | 1895 |

## Oceania

| Country | Physician | Year graduated medical school | Year began practice |
| Australia | Annie Praed Margaret "Madge" Estelle Maltby-Robinson (née Barnes) Frances Dorothy Gray | 1906-1907 | |
| Fiji | Jiko Yasa (née Luveni) | 1967 | 1967 |
| New Zealand | Margaret Caro | 1881 | |
| Vanuatu | Toumelu Kalsakau | | |