Whenever a husband and wife own and operate a dental practice together, they typically liaison at work in a number of ways, from the beginning planning steps, decorating, and purchasing dentist equipment, to functioning in adjoining rooms (as co-dentists, dentists/hygienists, dentists/periodontists, dentists/orthodontists, and dentists/assistants) and in the same office (as dentists/practice managers, dentists/receptionists, etc.) This is a huge trend in the industry. Roughly seventy percent of dentists (according to a survey) are working like this with their spouses, and twelve percent used to. About twelve percent of these dental workers first worked together and then got married, and eighty-six percent dated and married first and then decided to work together. A low eighteen percent of dentists have decided not to work with their spouses, with three percent of those not having a spouse.

Dentists’ and spousal opinions about the advantages and disadvantages of these kinds of arrangements vary a lot and seem to be contingent upon the quality of the marriage relationship and the personalities, skills, work styles, attitudes, and team-player abilities of those involved. Some of the people found having two bosses for one clinic contributed to resentment, confusion, and jealousy with the staff if there were differences or conflict. One dentist states that he fired his first wife on two occasions, but he loves working with his new wife. Another dentist feels stuck working with his wife because her work performance is less than proficient.

Many dentists note the financially beneficial, practice-expanding, overhead-saving, positive benefit of being able to trust their business partner/wife more than other employees to give the best customer service and protect the interests of the business. Dental spouse success is perceived as primarily dependent on how solid the relationship is, how well they get along (in general), whether they have the same goals and values, how well they communicate and establish clear rules, how much they enjoy being around each other, and how team-oriented they are. Other positive benefits: spousal assistance allows for extra down time or improved functioning of the dentist; better understanding and appreciation of the hard work and stresses of the other person; and the spouse serving as a buffer between staff and dentist.

Some husband and wife dental teams have discovered that all they want or can handle is a part-time working togetherness. Some teams work in the same practice, but not at identical times or on the same days. And some partnerships prefer the spouse to work from home, assisting via the Internet.

One important skill that numerous married dental-practice partners think to be highly important, although very difficult to achieve, is that of keeping their work lives and home lives separate, and avoiding “bringing their work home” with them or bringing any home conflict into work with them. Even partners who are exceptionally good at solving their personal issues and at trusting each other’s intentions must still find it annoying sometimes to have to “leave it at home” until after hours. But they do-for the sake of the practice and for the sake of the patients in the exam chairs.

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