Dentists married to dentists

Article Abstract:

Marriages between dentists are increasing: while slightly more than 2 percent of male dentists are married to other dentists, 30 percent of female dentists come home to spouses in the same profession. For those younger than 30, corresponding figures are 4 percent and 31 percent. Informal interviews indicate that female dental students, who are rapidly coming to make up half the dental school enrollment, often marry their classmates. Stories of several dental school courtships that led to marriages are recounted. The couples interviewed stressed the great advantage of similar careers in promoting empathy for one another: each has a clear idea of the kinds of stresses to which the other is exposed. In one case, a household rule has been made to limit dental conversation each evening to no more than one half hour. Husbands and wives can cover for each other in emergency situations. Non-dental spouses often feel left out in professional and social gatherings when many dentists are present. An undesired consequence of dentist-dentist marriages can be professional inbreeding, where one's world narrows to people associated with the profession. Couples need to make efforts to develop friendships with non-dentists. Problems cited by dental couples center mainly around the difficulties of building parallel, separate careers. Other dentists may resist referring patients to specialists whose spouses are general dentists, fearing the patients will continue treatment with the spouse. The couples interviewed practice dentistry separately and do not want to work in the same office. Overall, all felt that marrying another dentist brought more benefits than problems. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)

Psychological aspects, Family, Dual-career families

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Determining the HIV status of patients of three HIV-positive navy dentists

Article Abstract:

None of the more than 2,000 patients treated by HIV-positive Navy dentists showed evidence of transmission of the virus from dentist to patient. Records of patients treated by three HIV-positive dentists revealed that all three patients who later tested positive for HIV had other significant risk factors. One patient tested positive for HIV only six days after treatment. Because it usually takes one month for antibodies to the infection to appear, it is unlikely that this patient was infected by the HIV-positive dentist. One patient tested negative eight months after treatment and tested positive 15 months after treatment. This patient had other risk factors for contracting HIV. The last patient tested positive four months after treatment. His records indicated high risk behavior. Because general dental examination is generally non-invasive, transmission risk is generally low. State-of-the-art infection control protocols, such as those instituted by the Navy, may further reduce the risk of HIV transmission.

Health aspects, Practice, HIV infection, HIV infections, Disease transmission, Dentist and patient, Dentist-patient relations, Medicine, Naval, Naval medicine

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Prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome and median mononeuropathy and dentists

Article Abstract:

The authors investigated and confirmed the fact that dentists have a higher incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) symptoms in their dominant hands than the general population. Examination by electrodiagnosis showed that actual CTS, was closer to the same numbers as the general population. Regardless, ergonomic preventive measures are desirable.

Cover Story, Physiological aspects, Demographic aspects, Carpal tunnel syndrome

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