Dentist
Listed compensation
$275k-$325k
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
Advanced General Dentist – Fort Payne, AL | Step Into a Full Schedule. Practice Comprehensive Dentistry.
Large, productive, doctor-led private practice in northeast Alabama. 18 operatories (15 equipped). 3 general dentists and 5 hygienists already on site. Dentrix. All digital. CBCT on site.
We are hiring a skilled general dentist who wants to practice advanced, comprehensive dentistry — not a limited-scope associate seat, and not a startup book.
You step into a full schedule in a high-capacity rural office that already has the hygiene engine, the rooms, and the patient flow.
The practice
- 18 total operatories / 15 equipped
- 3 GPs and 5 RDHs on site
- Dentrix
- All digital
- CBCT on site
- Advanced comprehensive general dentistry
Large, established rural patient base — people drive in from across DeKalb County and the Lookout Mountain corridor
Private practice. Not a 10-chair startup. Not a downtown DSO stack.
Five hygienists in a 15-chair office is the point: restorative demand is already in the building. The hire is here to treat it.
The job Full-time general dentist. You are expected to work at a high clinical level: complex restorative, surgery, endo, implants / implant restorations as your training allows, removable, and the comprehensive treatment plans a rural family practice actually needs. Mentorship and case-sharing with three doctors already in the office.
This is for a dentist who is already comfortable being busy — or a strong, skilled doctor who wants volume and breadth instead of a slow suburban ramp.
- Who this is for
- Alabama-licensed (or license in process)
- Skilled, advanced-minded general dentist
- Wants a full schedule on arrival, not six months of holes
- Prefers comprehensive dentistry over “exam and fillings only”
- Comfortable in a multi-doctor, multi-hygiene office
Open to rural northeast Alabama — lower cost of living, outdoor life, patients who stay with the practice for decades
Who this is not for Doctors who want a 4-op boutique with a light book, or who only want cosmetic smile-design days. This is a large, productive rural practice. The work is real and the days are full.
Why Fort Payne Fort Payne is the county seat of DeKalb County and the gateway to Lookout Mountain — Little River Canyon, DeSoto State Park, and a cost of living well below Birmingham, Huntsville, or Atlanta. Chattanooga is about an hour. Huntsville is roughly 90 minutes. You can own a home, raise a family, and still reach a real airport and a real city.
Rural Alabama is also where a strong GP can still be the dentist: broad scope, loyal patients, and a schedule that stays full because there are not eight DSOs on the same mile.
Compensation Competitive collections-based package for a full rural book. Details reviewed with qualified candidates. (Bonus, guarantee, and split to be inserted when confirmed.)
Apply here. Conversations are confidential. The practice name is not published on this listing. Tell us your Alabama license status, the procedures you do routinely (endo, surgery, implants, dentures, sedation), and when you can start.
Key Responsibilities
The dentist will provide comprehensive general dentistry services, including complex restorative work, surgery, endodontics, and implant restorations. They are expected to manage a full patient schedule in a high-capacity, multi-doctor private practice setting.
Requirements
Candidates must be licensed to practice dentistry in Alabama or have a license in process. The role requires a skilled, advanced-minded general dentist comfortable with high-volume clinical work and comprehensive treatment planning.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
General Dentistry Career Context
Of the 50 active Dentist listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Alabama is 88.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$300k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $338k in an average-cost state. 60.3% of Alabama clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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