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United Dental Partners
Chicago, Illinois

Dentist

DentistIncludes weekendsPart-Time

Compensation

Pay not listed

The week · per this posting

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.

Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

Role

United Dental Partners is seeking a compassionate general dentist for our practice in the Archer Heights neighborhood of Chicago for two Saturdays per month (8am-2pm). Qualified candidate must be comfortable treating kids and adults. Generous daily rate and the option to add additional days each month based on mutual availability.

Requirements

  • DMD or DDS from accredited dental school
  • Valid IL state dental license

What Sets Us Apart

  • Full autonomy over your treatment plans, while putting the patients’ best interest in mind
  • Full schedules: Average of 20+ patients per day

Company Overview

United Dental Partners is a very fast-growing Dental Support Organization (DSO) serving multi-specialty dental practices in Chicago and Northwest Indiana. The multi-specialty dental groups we serve collectively care for children and adults and offer general, pediatric, orthodontic and oral surgery care.

Job Type: Full-time

Key Responsibilities

Provide general dental care to both children and adults at the practice. Develop and implement treatment plans while maintaining patient-centered care.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

General dentistryPediatric dentistryTreatment planningPatient careOrthodontic care

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Dentist at United Dental Partners a 6.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Dentist — ranked against 3,154 active Dentist listings on WeekdayDoc.

Dentistry Career Context

Of the 49 active Dentist listings this role was benchmarked against, 39% have no call, 80% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Dentist by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.3 / 10 · above average in dentistranked against 3,154 Dentist listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedDentist median $270k (middle half $200k–$295k)17 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingIllinois index 100.0US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Dentist listings in Illinois177 active5,625 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 39% no call · 80% no weekends49 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedIllinois healthcare professional listings: 32% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 7% offer loan repayment177 active listings, Nov 2026
New Dentistry listings213 in the last 30 days209 the 30 days before (about the same)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (3,154 Dentist listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
63%
Sign-on bonus
31%
Visa sponsorship
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Loan repayment
6%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 6.3
Better work-life than 70% of Dentist listings

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

  • Includes weekends
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About United Dental Partners

Hospitals and Health Care
Chicago, IL
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible Schedule
Clinical Autonomy

Living in Chicago

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$354k≈ 7.1× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,311/mo≈ 55% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
33 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.