Ortho: male or female?

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ArchWired28
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Ortho: male or female?

#1 Post by ArchWired28 »

I have been thinking about it for a while. The wast majority of orthos happen to be males! That is very rare to see a female ortho, at least in my experience! Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong! :roll:
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LoveOrtho
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Re: Ortho: male or female?

#2 Post by LoveOrtho »

OMG! I've noticed that too, it's not that there aren't female orthodontists it just that its almost like a 1 in 4 or 5 ratio....
Well, mine's a male but my best friend's ortho is a female.

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AM21
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Re: Ortho: male or female?

#3 Post by AM21 »

At the moment, I have 2 ortho's. One's male and the other's female. The latter was the original ortho but she's in the process of retiring, so a new ortho was brought in and I guess he's trying to learn the ins and outs about the ortho office before he officially takes over.
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drgnchsr36
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Re: Ortho: male or female?

#4 Post by drgnchsr36 »

My orthodontist is a woman..
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CLB26
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Re: Ortho: male or female?

#5 Post by CLB26 »

Mine is male ... and I agree, way more males!
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Re: Ortho: male or female?

#6 Post by ashesgap »

Mine is also male.
But I've also noticed most older dentists are males, but as the younger generations mix in more females are coming in.
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Re: Ortho: male or female?

#7 Post by totalwise »

surely same correlation as dentists?
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Re: Ortho: male or female?

#8 Post by Huggypillow »

My general dentist is female and my ortho is male
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Re: Ortho: male or female?

#9 Post by TumbleDryLow »

I don't know what the overall ratio is but I had consults with 4 orthos--two were male, two were female and I went with one of the women. (I also have a female dentist.)
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Bracing for It
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Re: Ortho: male or female?

#10 Post by Bracing for It »

My ortho is a female and a minority if that counts.
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Iam918
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Re: Ortho: male or female?

#11 Post by Iam918 »

Mine's male but all the assistants are female.
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~KMG~
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#12 Post by ~KMG~ »

My ortho and primary care dentist are both females.
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Rach44
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Re: Ortho: male or female?

#13 Post by Rach44 »

I have two orthodontists - they're husband and wife.
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cheerrabbit
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Re: Ortho: male or female?

#14 Post by cheerrabbit »

Mine is make, but as someone else mentioned, all the assistants are female.
Interesting...
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dreamrio
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Re: Ortho: male or female?

#15 Post by dreamrio »

I have a male ortho and dentist. Growing up I had a male dentist and noticed that all the dentists and ortho at that practice were male, while the assistants were all female. It also seemed like all my friends went to male dentists/orthos as well. The current practice that I go to has a pretty good balance. According to their website they have 10 male and 8 female dentists/orthos.
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