Turk Endod J. 2025; 10(2): 69-74 | DOI: 10.14744/TEJ.2025.94830

Women’s representation at Turkish endodontic society meetings

Ayse Karadayi¹, Elif İrem Altintas¹, Fatima Betul Basturk^2
1Department of Endodontics, Marmara University Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul, Türkiye
²Department of Endodontics, Istanbul Gelisim University Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul, Türkiye

Purpose: This observational study aimed to evaluate the percentage of women invited to speak or present oral presentations at the Turkish Endodontic Society’s scientific meetings over a 10-year period (2014–2024).
Methods: The number of male and female keynote or oral presentation speakers from the society’s scientific meetings was recorded. Gender distribution and yearly ratios were analyzed using SPSS 25 with Binomial test, Chi-square, and Fisher’s Exact test (p < 0.05).
Results: A total of 136 speakers from the Turkish Endodontic Society’s scientific meetings between 2014 and 2024 were analyzed. Of these, 103 (75.7%) were men, and 33 (24.3%) were women, highlighting a significant gender disparity (p < 0.001). No significant change was observed in the proportion of women speakers over the analyzed timeframe (p = 0.134).
Conclusion: Regardless of the timeframe, the number of women speakers at scientific meetings organized by the Turkish Endodontic Society remains consistently lower than that of men. While the proportion of women presenting oral sessions was relatively higher, their representation as keynote speakers on the main stage consistently remained low throughout the analyzed period.

Keywords: Endodontics, gender disparity, prensenter, speaker, women representation

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