Associate Dentist
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Job Description
In search of a Part Time Dentist in Plainville, CT! Sign on Bonus! Opportunity to work Part-Time (2 days a week on Mondays and Tuesdays). There is an opportunity to make this a full-time position by also working another 2 days in our sister office in Bristol, CT.
This practice is well-established, comfortable, and family-oriented. Plainville Dental Group has great staff and is updated using the latest digital clinical and practice management technology.
This practice is insurance-based (no Medicaid) and has a large installed base of existing patients with a large number of new patients added each month. This practice has existing Dentists, and the practice is growing! The practice is part of a small, dentist-owned group called Plum Dental.
Plum is a group of 30+ practices in Rhode Island and eastern Connecticut that is owned by its founder dentists.
Plum was founded with the goal of serving as a long-term home for excellent dentists to practice how they want, and to enjoy the financial and personal rewards of private practice, but with the support and stability of a larger, successful, and growing dentist-led organization.
Compensation/Benefits/Partnership Collections-based salary with guaranteed minimum daily compensation for one year after joining the group. After just two years, there is the potential for equity ownership in both the practice and Plum for like-minded dentists that share our vision and values. We pay for malpractice insurance, CE courses, health/retirement benefits and more!
Key Responsibilities
Provide high-quality dental care to a large base of existing and new patients in a well-established practice. Collaborate with the dental team to maintain clinical standards using modern digital technology.
Requirements
The candidate must be a qualified dentist looking for a long-term professional home. Experience in a private practice setting is preferred to align with the group's vision and values.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Dentistry Career Context
Of the 45 active Dentist listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 36% have no call, 87% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Connecticut is 103.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Connecticut clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Cost of living | Connecticut index 103.6 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Dentist listings in Connecticut | 106 active | 5,824 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 2% remote · 36% no call · 87% no weekends45 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | sign-on bonus | Connecticut healthcare professional listings: 20% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 8% offer loan repayment106 active listings, Oct 2026 |
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