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CPF Dental
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Orthodontist

Dental Top 10% in Orthodontics (Dental)Full-Time

Compensation

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

ORTHODONTIST

Chattanooga, TN | Full-time

Join Marquee Dental Partners as an Orthodontist!

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The Benefits of a Marquee Dental Partnership

  • Join a culture that recognizes that happy people are healthy people
  • Gain an incentive package that puts you in control of your earning potential
  • Enjoy the benefits and security of a partner without the burden of bureaucracy
  • Become a vital part of the neighborhood. Grow together while leading a local team
  • Focus on dentistry within a collegial clinical culture while being part of a larger clinical collective

Come join our productive team of dentists and dedicated specialists who collaborate with the goal of serving our patients and supporting our community. We look forward to meeting you!

About Marquee Dental

Marquee Dental Partners is a Dental Service Organization with nearly 50 brands in over 75 office locations. Our focus is on partnering with premier dental offices and clinicians in the Southeastern United States. Headquartered in Nashville, TN with offices in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, and Florida, Marquee Dental offers its patients a broad range of services through their general dentistry and multi-specialty practices.

Responsibilities

  • Examine, diagnose, and treat oral cavity anomalies and dental malocclusions
  • Responsible for realigning, or straightening, teeth and jaws by using orthodontic retainers and braces
  • Study the medical and dental histories of patients, analyzing X-rays and photos and developing treatment plans
  • Fit patients with dental appliances, prepare treatment records, and provide cost estimates
  • Design appliances like retainers, lingual and labial arch wires, and space maintainers

Qualifications

  • DMD or DDS Degree
  • MSD/Certificate in Orthodontics
  • Valid Dentistry License/Eligibility in the State of Tennessee with no disciplinary actions

Equal Opportunity Employer

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

DiagnosisTreatment PlanningDental Appliance FittingX-ray AnalysisPatient CareMalocclusion Treatment

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Orthodontist at CPF Dental a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 10% in Orthodontics (Dental) — ranked against 88 active Orthodontics (Dental) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Orthodontics Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Tennessee is 91.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.6% of Tennessee clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top Dentist Jobs

8 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution5 jobs

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<$425k
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$440k-455k
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$468k

Annual compensation range

Work-Life Balance Distribution8 jobs · 7 employers

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Higher = better work-life balance

#1

Orthodontist: El Paso | Expansion

Community Dental Partners · El Paso, Texas

$390K - $468K
#2

Orthodontist: San Antonio | Expansion

Community Dental Partners · San Antonio, Texas

$390K - $468K
#3

Orthodontist

$416000/day
#4

Associate Orthodontist

$353,600 - $416,000
+ 6 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 6.6
Higher than about 8 in 10 of 88 Orthodontics (Dental) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10. Shaded area = share of comparable listings scoring below this one.

Living in Chattanooga

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$327k
Typical market rent
$1,513/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.5
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Chattanooga, TN-GA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About CPF Dental

Hospitals and Health Care
Brentwood, Tennessee
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Incentive package
Partnership benefits
Collegial clinical culture