When a husband and wife own and operate a dental office together, they typically liaison at work in a multitude of ways, from the initial planning steps, decorating, and purchasing dentist equipment to being in adjoining cubicles (as co-dentists, dentists/orthodontists, dentists/hygienists, dentists/periodontists, and dentists/assistants) and in the same office (as dentists/receptionists, dentists/office managers, and such). This is a big industry trend. Seventy percent of dentists now work like this with their spouses, and another twelve percent used to, according to a survey. Most dental spouses didn’t first work together then get married, although twelve percent did it that way-eighty-six percent first dated and became spouses, then decided to work together. Only eighteen percent of dentists have not worked with their spouses, three percent of which don’t have a spouse.