Aspen Dental logo
Aspen Dental
Duluth, Minnesota

Dentist (Associate)

DentalFull-Time

Listed compensation

$234k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.

Posted 1h ago · Verified live

Job Description

  • Dentist (Associate)
  • Tran Dental, LLC | 320 West Myrtle St, STE 100, Duluth, MN 55811 | Full time
  • Aspen Dental is hiring in Duluth, Minnesota! We have a Dentist (Associate) role opening:

At Aspen Dental, we put You 1st, offering the financial security and job stability that comes with working with a world-class Dental Service Organization (DSO). Our best-in-class learning and development training program, competitive compensation, and flexible scheduling will help you thrive in your dental career. Let us handle your business and administrative tasks, so you can focus on what you do best: providing exceptional patient care.

  • Job Type: Full-time
  • Dentist (Associate), Duluth, MN
  • $234,000.00/year
  • Generous benefits package that includes paid time off, health, dental, vision, and 401(k) savings plan with match.
  • At Aspen Dental, we put You 1st. We offer:
  • An income potential that’s twice as high as the average private practice*
  • Full-time and flexible scheduling to suit your lifestyle and career goals**
  • The opportunity to own your practice through the Practice Ownership Program
  • Unlimited access to free continuing education (live and online) to keep your skills and knowledge up to date
  • A cutting-edge surgical training center to expand your scope of practice
  • A fun and supportive culture that encourages collaboration and innovation
  • A generous benefits package that includes paid time off, health, vision, and 401(k) savings plan

Back-end support to allow you more time to focus on your patients: finance, IT, marketing, billing, HR, call center, learning and development, plus so much more

*Source: ADA Health Policy Institute 2017 Survey of Dental Practice.

**May vary by independently owned and operated Aspen Dental location.

Job Duties

  • Provide quality dental care to patients. Duties include:
  • Assume quality of care for all patients while adhering to the highest standard of dental practice ethics and professionalism.
  • Educate patients on oral health and various treatment options.
  • Complete comprehensive full mouth exams and diagnose dental conditions.
  • Assess treatment planning options with patients and carry out agreed clinical treatments.
  • Maintain (update) patients' medical records.
  • Keep abreast of new developments in dentistry through structured continuing professional developments.

Perform surgical dental procedures, including simple and complex extractions of impacted and non‑impacted wisdom teeth.

Qualifications

  • DDS or DMD degree or equivalent
  • Current license to practice dentistry in the State of Minnesota

Additional Job Description

Aspen Dental-branded practices are independently owned and operated by licensed dentists. The practices receive non-clinical business support services from Aspen Dental Management, Inc., a dental support organization.

ADMI Corp., d/b/a TAG-The Aspen Group, its affiliates, related companies and independently owned supported clinical practices are proud to be Equal Opportunity Employers and welcome everyone to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Key Responsibilities

Provide high-quality dental care, including comprehensive examinations, diagnosis, treatment planning, and agreed clinical treatments. Educate patients about oral health and treatment options, maintain medical records, stay current with developments in dentistry, and perform simple and complex extractions.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Dental ExaminationsDental DiagnosisPatient EducationMedical Record MaintenanceDental SurgeryTooth ExtractionsWisdom Tooth ExtractionsProfessional EthicsContinuing Professional Development

General Dentistry Career Context

Of the 40 active Dentist listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 40% have no call, 80% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Minnesota is 98.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$234k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $237k in an average-cost state. 63.4% of Minnesota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Dentist by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$234kDentist median $250k (middle half $200k–$300k)395 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$237k in purchasing powerMinnesota index 98.6 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Dentist listings in Minnesota115 active5,781 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 3% remote · 40% no call · 80% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Dentist Jobs

23 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

23 jobs · 19 employers
6
<$260k
9
$260k-310k
5
$310k-360k
1
$400k
2
$410k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

20 jobs · 19 employers
401k / retirement match
70% this job
CME allowance
55% this job
Sign-on bonus
35%
Loan repayment
15%
Relocation assistance
10%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

General Dentist

Rodeo Dental & Orthodontics · Waco, Texas

$300k-$500k
#2

Dentist

Westphalia Holdings · Topeka, Kansas

$230k-$461k
#3

General Dentist

$230k-$400k
#4

Dentist

$250k-$350k
+ 21 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 2.8
Better work-life than 50% of Dentist listings

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

Aspen Dental logo

About Aspen Dental

Hospitals and Health Care
Chicago, IL
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Paid time off
Health, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) savings plan with match
Unlimited free continuing education
Practice Ownership Program
Flexible scheduling
Back-end support (finance, IT, marketing, billing, HR, call center)

Living in Duluth

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$306k≈ 1.3× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,434/mo≈ 7% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
17 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.8
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Duluth, MN-WI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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