Women Dentists Association of the Philippines

Women Dentists Association of the Philippines:

Women Dentists Association of Philippines is an association in Paranaque, Philippines. Their listed address is at 12 Copenhagen Street, Phase 3, Bf Homes 1, Paranaque City, 1720, Metro Manila. Dentistry in the Philippines can be divided into five periods of dental practice. During the Spanish regime in the Philippines, dentistry was not recognized as a profession. There were no royal decrees and laws from the Spanish government to govern and guide the practice of dentists.

Using the timeline of Philippine history, they are the Pre-Spanish era from the Prehistoric period to the Classical period. The Spanish era, American era and Japanese-occupation era and the independent Philippine-Republics era. A professional regulating body was also non-existent to over see the field of dental practice during that time period. Among the early Filipino to act as the dental practitioners and curers of toothaches were barbers.