The Secret Lives of Dentists

Dr. Dave Hurst shares two homes, three children and a private practice with his dentist wife Dana. One evening, backstage at Dana's drama club production, dave believes he witnesses his wife in an intimate exchange with another man. He is immediately certain she's having an affair, a suspicion only deepened by her continued dark mood, long periods of silence, and frequent trips out of the house. Emotionally repressed by nature, Dave's jealousy flares up in the form of a raucous alter-ego personified by an unsatisfied patient named Slater. Slater goads the quiet dentist toward violent action, but the unraveling of the emotional bonds in the marriage is more than a simple threat of aggression can solve. The Secret Lives of Dentists is an insightful and completely human portrait of a couple caught in the myriad of small subtle mistakes two people make when they attempt to preserve love and passion while accepting the inevitable compromises and banality of marriage.