Muthoni Gitata

Muthoni Gitata is a Kenyan dentist and the first African female dentist and oral surgeon .[1][2][3][4]

Education

Muthoni joined Thogoto Primary School and later joined Kikuyu Girls’ Intermediate Boarding School.[5] She joined as an undergraduate at Annhurst College in 1976, majoring in Biology, and studied Virology for her master's at Temple University.[1] She later obtained a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the School of Dentistry in 1973 at Meharry Medical College .[1]

Career

Her first job was at Kenyatta National Hospital’s Dental Unit.[5] Muthoni also founded Gitata Gentle Family Dentistry Ltd, which is still operational in Nairobi.[1]

Personal life

Gitata is a single mother of three(3) biological children and five(5) other children that she raised.[1] One of her daughters is called Wangeci Gitata Kiriga.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "An Abbot and African trailblazer". Andover | An independent and inclusive coed boarding high school. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
  2. ^ "Top Dentists in Kenya. Page 14 - Aug 2025". Kenya Business Directory. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
  3. ^ "Kenyan women who shattered the glass ceiling Eve woman – Kenyan Digest". kenyandigest.com. Archived from the original on 2023-04-21. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  4. ^ "Parents Magazine: Parents Magazine April 2021". www.mgazeti.com. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  5. ^ a b c "Muthoni Gitata: The Dentist and Oral Surgeon". Paukwa. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.