Dentist
Compensation
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
Dr. Nylund and his compassionate team at Santa Fe Family Dentistry are looking for an honest, hardworking Associate Dentist to care for patients as they would for their own family. This is a great opportunity to focus on patient care in a welcoming environment, with advanced technology and a supportive team. We are looking to add another provider who can perform all aspects of general dentistry and treat many of our dedicated, long-term patients.
- The opportunity offers a robust compensation package including:
- High income potential
- Student loan repayment
- Sign-on bonus
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- CE course coverage
- 401K retirement plan
- Mentorship and training
- Potential buy-in opportunity
- INDDROP01
Key Responsibilities
Perform all aspects of general dentistry to care for dedicated, long-term patients. Provide compassionate patient care within a supportive team environment using advanced technology.
Requirements
The candidate must be an honest and hardworking Associate Dentist. They should be capable of performing all general dentistry procedures.
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Dentist at Santa Fe Family Dentistry & Orthodontics a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Dentistry (Dental) — ranked against 1,617 active Dentistry (Dental) listings on WeekdayDoc.
Dentistry Career Context
Of the 50 active Dentist listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 32% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for New Mexico is 92.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.4% of New Mexico clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in Santa Fe
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $585k
- Typical market rent
- $1,925/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 21 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 98.8
- State income tax
- Up to 5.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Santa Fe, NM metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.