Abstract
Despite the equalitarian values of Israeli society and the universalistic norms of the dental profession, we find evidence for traditional sex role differentiation in several areas of professional performance. Women dentists tend more than their male colleagues to treat children and to treat less educated and lower-class patients. Women tend more to general dental practice and less to a combination of general and specialized practice. As a result, we have suggested that women in dentistry probably enjoy less status and prestige than their male colleagues. Women work fewer hours than men, carry a lighter patient load, read fewer journals, and engage in less professional interaction with colleagues. Dentists tend to overestimate the preventive behavior of their patients.
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