Siti Wuryan Prayitno

Siti Wuryan Arrohman Prayitno (4 September 193330 June 2020) was an Indonesian dentist and professor of periodontology at the University of Indonesia. She was the University of Indonesia's dentistry faculty's dean from 1972 to 1976 and from 1981 to 1987.

Early life and education Siti was born on 4 September 1933 in Magetan, East Java, as the twelfth children of Soepardan Wirodirdjo and Siti Soeminah. Her father was a district chieftain (wedana) under the Dutch East Indies colonial government and was able to provide adequate education to all of his children. Siti completed her elementary school at a people's school in Lamongan in 1945 and continued her education at a junior high school there. Due to the ongoing Indonesian National Revolution, she had to move to Madiun and continue her junior high school studies there, which she completed in 1950. She studied for two years at a Perjuangan (pro-Republican) high school from 1951 to 1952, before completing her high school education at the 1st Surabaya State High School in 1953. She became the chief of education administration of the dentistry faculty from 1965 to 1967, and from 1967 to 1972 she was the head of the periodontology department. Siti began her tenure with a lack of proper facilities Several days after her appointment, Siti stated that she would abolish dual positions in the faculty in order to improve human resources efficiency.

After receiving her master's degree, Siti began her second term as dean on 17 February 1981, serving until 27 April 1987 and was replaced by Herwati Djoharnas. During her second term, she oversaw the establishment of the postgraduate specialist program in clinical dentistry in 1982. She was promoted to the academic rank of full professor in 1992. In her inaugural speech as a full professor on 13 February 1993, Siti advocated for the development of periodontology to support national development.