Abstract
Mailed questionnares were returned by 785 women dentists who had graduated from U.S. dental schools. Career did not tend to stand in the way of marriage and family: 81 percent were or had been married and, among the latter, 71 percent had children. However, marriage increased the likelihood of interruptions and cutting down the time in work. Yet, retirement at a young age was relatively rare. Commitment and satisfaction evidently tend to keep married women dentists professionally active. Important to the commitment was the high percentage of husbands reported as accepting of their wives' careers; but part of their acceptance may have been the wives' willingness to interrupt or cut down time in work to meet family demands.
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