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Staff Pad
Bridgeton, Missouri

General Dentist - ASC | Part-Time | No Call, Weekends or Holidays

Dentist 8.0 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsPart-Time

Compensation

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

The Staff Pad is partnering with a leading pediatric Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) organization, to recruit a experienced General Dentist for its affiliated professional care team in St. Louis, MO.

The organization specializes in restorative and exodontia procedures for pediatric and special needs patients performed under general anesthesia, offering a structured surgical setting focused on safe, high-quality care.

  • Schedule: Part-Time (1-2 Days per week) | No Call, Weekends or Holidays
  • What You’ll Do
  • Provide general dental care in an ASC setting
  • Partner with the surgical team to deliver safe, high-quality patient care
  • Treat approximately seven pediatric patients during a typical OR day
  • Collaborate with Dentists, Anesthesiologists, Registered Nurses, Registered Dental Assistants, and other team members
  • What We’re Looking For
  • Licensed Dentist with appropriate state licensure
  • Experience working with pediatric patients
  • Current BLS certification; AHA or equivalent PALS within 6 months of hire
  • Strong work ethic and positive attitude
  • Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team

Preferred Qualifications

National Board Certification Strongly Preferred

Comfort practicing across various anesthesia staffing models, including Anesthesia Care Team and independent practice models

What You Can Expect

  • Collaborative, close-knit surgical team
  • Opportunity to work with a growing organization serving pediatric and special needs patients
  • If you’re a General Dentist looking for an opportunity to work in a specialized pediatric surgical setting, we’d love to hear from you.
  • This is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Key Responsibilities

Provide general dental care including restorative and exodontia procedures for pediatric and special needs patients in an ASC setting. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary surgical team to ensure safe and high-quality patient care.

Requirements

Must be a licensed dentist with experience working with pediatric patients. Requires current BLS certification and the ability to obtain PALS certification within 6 months of hire.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification (preferred)

Key Skills

General dentistryPediatric dentistryRestorative proceduresMultidisciplinary team collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates General Dentist - ASC | Part-Time | No Call, Weekends or Holidays at The Staff Pad a 8.0 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 on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Dentistry Career Context

Staff Pad holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 74/100, 75 active listings.

Of the 50 active Dentist listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% have no call, 82% require no weekends.

Dentist by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score8.0 / 10 · top 5% in dentistranked against 3,154 Dentist listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Cost of livingMissouri index 90.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Dentist listings in Missouri141 active5,803 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 34% no call · 82% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMissouri healthcare professional listings: 18% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 4% offer loan repayment141 active listings, Oct 2026
Staff Padsilver tier, 74/100Top Employers work-life index75 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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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 8.0
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 call
  • No weekends

Living in Bridgeton

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$279k
Median resident rent
$1,172/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.1
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · St. Louis, MO-IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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