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West Coast Dental Administrative Services
Santa Fe Springs, California

Pediatric Dentist

DentalNo callNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$200k-$400k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Guaranteed Daily Compensation vs HIGH Commission

Pediatric Dentist – Fantastic Career Opportunities

We Care About Our Patients and We Care About You

  • A team approach to providing patients with a wonderful experience
  • Established organization committed to quality and patient experience
  • Growth through training, professional development, and company-sponsored CE
  • Great clinical and administrative teams
  • High-end compensation in the industry, guaranteed base plus percentage of production
  • Large, diverse patient base of all payor types
  • Provide general, specialty and orthodontic services in all offices
  • Geographic diversity throughout Southern California
  • Digital state-of-the art practice management system, instruments, and equipment

What We Are Looking For In A Pediatric Dentist

  • A Board Certified or Board Eligible Pediatric Dentist to join our growing team of Pediatric Dental Specialists & Orthodontists in Los Angeles, Orange County & Inland Empire
  • A professional who is passionate about providing excellent care
  • A professional who wants to be part of a team focused on delivering a great patient experience and helping others
  • A professional with an excellent and cheerful chairside demeanor
  • A professional who wants to be excellent and productive in service to patients
  • A professional willing to work full-time or part-time

Your Qualifications

  • DDS/DMD degree
  • Pediatric certificate degree from an accredited dental school in the U. S
  • Active California State Dental Board license
  • Nitrous Sedation Certification
  • Active Malpractice Insurance
  • DEA, CPR and NPI are required
  • IV weekly with a dedicated team of anesthesiologists.

Your Responsibilities Include

  • Great interaction with patients to promote trust and the optimal patient experience
  • Collaborating with an entire office team to promote trust, connection and relationship with patients and one-another
  • Understanding how PPO, HMO, and other dental plans work to optimize patient benefits
  • Proactively addressing patient concerns and providing insight and comfort to patients regarding their dental treatment

Support We Provide to Our Doctors

  • Beautiful, state-of-the-art offices equipped with modern systems, equipment and supplies
  • Full back-office support by Specialty Managers, Specialty Assistants, Floor Supervisors, RDAs, DAs, X-Ray Techs and Sterilization Clerks
  • Excellent, high-caliber instruments
  • Reliable, quality supplies from the most reputable, dependable companies
  • Regulatory and facility compliance
  • Steady flow of patients of all payor types

Who And Where We Are

For more than 30 years, West Coast Dental has served Southern California with a commitment to high quality general and specialty dental and orthodontic care and a great patient experience for every patient.

West Coast Dental, including its affiliate Magicland Children’s Dental, represents a dynamic fast-growing group of over 45 dental offices—in greater Los Angeles, Orange County, the Inland Empire, and Northern San Diego—that offer the full range of general and specialty care, including orthodontics, to patients of all kinds—private, PPO, Medi-Cal, and HMO.

We are expanding throughout our markets and expect significant growth and opportunities for all our clinical partners.

Benefits We Offer

  • Medical insurance programs
  • Vision insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care & Dependent Care)
  • Dental benefit
  • Supplemental insurance for life, disability, critical illness, cancer, gap, and accident
  • Continuing education, including company-sponsored programs
  • Advancement opportunities
  • 401k participation

Key Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive pediatric dental and orthodontic services while ensuring a positive patient experience. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to manage patient care and optimize treatment benefits.

Requirements

Requires a DDS/DMD degree, a pediatric certificate from an accredited U.S. dental school, and an active California State Dental Board license. Must possess Nitrous Sedation certification, DEA, CPR, and NPI credentials.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

DEA LicenseBoard Certification

Key Skills

Pediatric dentistryClinical dentistryTreatment planningPatient communicationCollaborationDental practice managementChairside manner

Pediatrics Career Context

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$300k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $271k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Dentist market look like in California?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.6 / 10 · top 25% in dentistranked against 3,154 Dentist listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$271k in purchasing powerCalifornia index 110.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Dentist listings in California557 active5,623 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (3,154 Dentist listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Pediatric Dentist at West Coast Dental Administrative Services a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Dentist — ranked against 3,154 active Dentist listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Work-Life Balance Distribution

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Higher = better work-life balance

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 6.6
Better work-life than 80% of Dentist listings

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

  • No call
  • No weekends
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About West Coast Dental Administrative Services

Hospitals and Health Care
Los Angeles, California
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical Insurance
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts
Supplemental Insurance
Continuing Education
401k
Advancement Opportunities

Living in Santa Fe Springs

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$775k≈ 3.9× annual pay
Median resident rent
$2,033/mo≈ 12% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
34 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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