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Big Smiles
Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Dentist

Dentist 8.7 Work-LifeNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

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Job Description

  • Dentistry with a work-life balance--Make Money While Making a Difference!
  • If you’re looking for full or part-time work at a competitive salary while helping kids in need, let’s talk.

Kentucky Big Smiles, a school-based mobile dental practice, is seeking a general and/or pediatric dentist in Hopkinsville, KY, and the surrounding areas to help provide dental care to underserved children at their school. We are offering a relocation/sign on bonus up to $25k for some areas of Kentucky!

Our innovative in school dental program offers something different than a traditional dental practice. With a workday that ends with the school day and no nights or weekends, our program is perfect for dentists looking to supplement their current income, working parents, recent graduates, those looking towards retirement and anyone who wants to make a difference in the dental field.

We are currently looking for dentists in Hopkinsville, KY and the surrounding areas.

Dentist Qualifications

  • DMD or DDS degree
  • Ability to work well with both children & adults
  • Valid driver’s license, reliable transportation and willingness to travel daily to/from school sites
  • Legally eligible to work in the U.S. without Visa Sponsorship

Kentucky Big Smiles Offers

  • Evenings, weekends and summers off!
  • Working a school day schedule (about 6 hours)
  • Benefit package (health, dental, vision)
  • Unique work experience and flexible scheduling
  • Full and part time positions
  • Competitive compensation
  • State-of-the-art portable dental equipment

Latest Technology & Digital Radiography

  • Want to learn more? Call or text Kelly at 855-957-4375 or email kcaito@mobiledentists.com
  • Know a dentist who may be interested?
  • EARN UP TO $6,000 for a referral.
  • Call or text Kelly at 855-957-4375 or email kcaito@mobiledentists.com

Who We Are

Big Smiles is the nation’s leading in-school dental program founded more than two decades ago by two moms, who happen to also be dentists. The founders saw a tremendous need among underserved school aged children who did not have easy access to dental care and who often suffered from poor oral hygiene, tooth decay, pain and associated health problems.

Knowing that many parents could not take their children to the dentist due to issues including time off from work and transportation challenges, they sought to bring the care to the need.

Using the latest technology in portable equipment, a team of dedicated dental professionals provide preventive and restorative dental care to children right at school. Our flexibility and expertise allow us to transform classrooms, auditoriums, gyms or other suitable areas into fully functional dental offices for the day.

Every year, through its devoted group of dental professionals, Big Smiles puts happy, healthy smiles on over 500,000 children from coast to coast.

Join us in our mission to bring smiles and good oral health to where they are needed. Call or text us at 855-957-4375 or email jobs@mobiledentists.com. You’ll be glad you did.

Rewarding Work. Competitive Compensation. Big Smiles.

Big Smiles is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or protected veteran status.

Key Responsibilities

Provide preventive and restorative dental care to underserved children at school sites using portable equipment. Manage patient interactions and maintain high standards of oral health care in a mobile clinical environment.

Requirements

Must hold a DMD or DDS degree and be legally eligible to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship. Requires a valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and the ability to travel daily to various school locations.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Pediatric dentistryPreventive dental carePatient careCommunicationClinical skills

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Dentist at Big Smiles a 8.7 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Dentist — ranked against 3,154 active Dentist listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Dentistry Career Context

Big Smiles holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 84/100, 11 active listings.

Of the 50 active Dentist listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% have no call, 82% require no weekends.

Dentist by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score8.7 / 10 · top 5% in dentistranked against 3,154 Dentist listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedDentist median $250k (middle half $200k–$300k)406 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingKentucky index 90.2US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Dentist listings in Kentucky86 active5,716 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 38% no call · 82% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$25k sign-onUS healthcare professional listings: 25% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 5% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Oct 2026
New Dentistry listings241 in the last 30 days291 the 30 days before (−17%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Big Smilessilver tier, 84/100Top Employers work-life index11 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (3,154 Dentist listings), Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

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2
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

23 jobs · 20 employers
CME allowance
70%
401k / retirement match
70%
Sign-on bonus
22% this job
Visa sponsorship
13%
Loan repayment
9%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 8.7
Among the best 10% of Dentist listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,154 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights
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About Big Smiles

Hospitals and Health Care
Farmington Hills, Michigan
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Relocation/Sign-On Bonus up to $25K
Evenings, Weekends, and Summers Off
Flexible Scheduling
State-of-the-Art Portable Dental Equipment
Digital Radiography

Living in Hopkinsville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$211k
Typical market rent
$1,035/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
90.9
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Clarksville, TN-KY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.