Periodontist
Compensation
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Job Description
Immediate need for a Part-Time Periodontist in Santa Rosa, CA. 1 day per month.
Gentle Dental provides a large network of resources to empower our Dental partners. With Gentle Dental, we manage the details so you can focus on dentistry. We provide a team atmosphere, integrity and doing what is right for the patient. The perfect fit for our team is a caring and motivated people-person with a strong work ethic and superior clinical skills. You choose what’s best for your patients. We're looking for a skilled Part-Time Periodontist in Santa Rosa, CA.
Office Culture
- Teamwork in the patients best interest
- Quality patient care with clinical autonomy based on best practices in the patients best interest
- New patients assigned equally on rotation basis. Your patients stay with you.
Benefits Include
- 401K and additional Pre-tax saving plan
- Malpractice
- CE credits
Position Qualifications
- Periodontics Residency Certificate
- Accredited Dental School Graduate
- Other licenses/certifications such as CPR, DEA, NPI
Gentle Dental provides a large network of resources to empower our Dental partners.
Key Responsibilities
Provide specialized periodontal care to patients within a team-oriented environment. Manage patient treatment plans with clinical autonomy based on best practices.
Requirements
Must be a graduate of an accredited dental school with a Periodontics Residency Certificate. Required certifications include CPR, DEA, and NPI licenses.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Periodontics Career Context
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 50 active Dentist listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.6 / 10 · top 25% in dentist | ranked against 3,154 Dentist listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Dentist median $204k (middle half $187k–$275k)45 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | California index 110.7 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Dentist listings in California | 568 active | 5,625 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 42% no call · 76% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | California healthcare professional listings: 14% state a sign-on bonus (median $15k) · 4% offer loan repayment568 active listings, Nov 2026 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Periodontist at InterDent Service a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Dentist — ranked against 3,154 active Dentist listings on WeekdayDoc.
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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,154 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
Benefits & Perks
Living in Santa Rosa
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $704k
- Typical market rent
- $2,582/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 23 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 107.8
- State income tax
- Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.