Ayşe Şadiye Güvendiren and Hatice Azra Demirelli were the first Turkish female dentists. In a country that came out of the First World War and fought for her independence, they laid the foundations of women's presence in the Turkish dental community and took their honorable place in history with their courage, devotion, and determination.
Keywords: Pioneers; dentistry in Turkey; female dentists.
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