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Help a Child Smile
Athens, Georgia

Dentist

DentalNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

  • Dentistry with a work-life balance--Make Money While Making a Difference!
  • If you’re looking for a full, part-time or PRN position while helping kids in need, let’s talk.

Help a Child Smile, a school-based mobile dental practice, is seeking a Dentist in Athens, GA and the surrounding areas to help provide dental care to underserved children at their school.

Our innovative in school dental program offers something different than a traditional dental practice. With a workday that ends with the school day and no nights or weekends, our program is perfect for dentists looking to supplement their current income, working parents, recent graduates, those looking towards retirement and anyone who wants to make a difference in the dental field.

Dentist Qualifications

  • DMD or DDS degree
  • Ability to work well with both children & adults
  • Valid driver’s license, reliable transportation and willingness to travel daily to/from school sites
  • Ability to lift up to 50lbs
  • Legally eligible to work in the U.S. without Visa Sponsorship

Help a Child Smile Offers

  • Evenings, weekends and summers off!
  • Working a school day schedule (about 6 hours)
  • Unique work experience and flexible scheduling
  • Full and part time positions
  • Competitive compensation
  • State-of-the-art portable dental equipment

Latest Technology & Digital Radiography

  • Want to learn more? Call or text Kelly at 855-957-4375 or email kcaito@mobiledentists.com
  • Know a dentist who may be interested?
  • EARN UP TO $6,000 for a referral.
  • Call or text Kelly at 855-957-4375 or email kcaito@mobiledentists.com

Who We Are

Help A Child Smile is Georgia’s leading at school dental program meeting the tremendous need among underserved school aged children who do not have easy access to dental care and who often suffer from poor oral hygiene, tooth decay, pain and associated health problems.

Help A Child Smile is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or protected veteran status

Key Responsibilities

Provide dental care to underserved children at school sites using portable dental equipment. Manage daily travel to various school locations to deliver dental services during school hours.

Requirements

Must hold a DMD or DDS degree and be legally eligible to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship. Requires a valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and the ability to lift up to 50lbs.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Pediatric dentistryPatient careCommunication

Pediatric Dentistry Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Dentist listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 28% have no call, 82% require no weekends.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Dentist at Help a Child Smile a 6.8 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 weekend requirements, no night shifts.

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$455k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks21 jobs

401k / retirement match
90%
CME allowance
62%
Loan repayment
29%
Sign-on bonus
24%
Relocation assistance
24%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 6.8
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 weekends
  • No nights

Living in Athens

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$330k
Typical market rent
$1,607/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.3
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Athens-Clarke County, GA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Help a Child Smile

Hospitals and Health Care
Conyers, Georgia
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Evenings, weekends, and summers off
School day schedule (about 6 hours)
Flexible scheduling
State-of-the-art portable dental equipment
Latest technology & digital radiography
Referral bonus up to $6,000