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InterDent Service
San Francisco, California

Orthodontist

Dental Top 10% in Orthodontics (Dental)Part-Time

Listed compensation

$150K - $400K

Listing transparency2 of 6 stated

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Employment & setting
Part-Time · on_site
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Gentle Dental is immediately hiring for a part-time Orthodontist to work out of our Community SF office. 2-3 days a month.

Gentle Dental is coming back and preparing to reopen our offices to serve our patients and communities during these challenging times.

In this new normal, Gentle Dental offers more stability and less uncertainty in a time when safety and security are more important than ever.

We’re hiring in offices throughout the region as we start welcoming back our patients and teams.  Apply now to learn more about the opportunities nearest to you.

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.

Office Location

  • GD Community San Francisco - 2494 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

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 with company match
  • Malpractice

Position Qualifications

  • Orthodontist Residency Certificate
  • Accredited Dental School Graduate
  • Current CA State Dental License (or the ability to acquire CA license by time of employment)
  • Other licenses/certifications such as CPR & NPI

The average full time Dentist earns $150,000 - $400,000.

Key Responsibilities

Provide high-quality orthodontic care to patients within a team-oriented environment. Manage patient treatment plans with clinical autonomy to ensure the best outcomes for the patient.

Requirements

Must be a graduate of an accredited dental school with an Orthodontist Residency Certificate. Requires a current California State Dental License and certifications such as CPR and NPI.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

OrthodonticsTreatment PlanningDental Surgery

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Orthodontist at InterDent Service a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 10% in Orthodontics (Dental) — ranked against 84 active Orthodontics (Dental) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Orthodontics Career Context

Of the 30 active Dentist listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% have no call, 7% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$275k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $248k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Dentist Jobs

11 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution8 jobs

4
<$425k
1
$442k
2
$468k
0
$475k-500k
1
$500k

Annual compensation range

Work-Life Balance Distribution11 jobs · 10 employers

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1-2
0
3-4
0
5-6
9
7-8
2
9-10

Higher = better work-life balance

#1

Orthodontist

Lightwave Dental · Raleigh, North Carolina

$500k
#2

Orthodontist: El Paso | Expansion

Community Dental Partners · El Paso, Texas

$390K - $468K
#3

Orthodontist: San Antonio | Expansion

$390K - $468K
#4

Dentist Orthodontist

$1300 to $1700 daily
+ 9 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

6.6/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 10% in Orthodontics (Dental)

  • On-site

Living in San Francisco

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1,741k
Typical market rent
$4,682/mo
Residents’ average commute
30 min
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About InterDent Service

Hospitals and Health Care
Inglewood, California
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

401K with company match
Malpractice insurance