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United Dental Partners
Elgin, Illinois

Oral Surgery Dental Assistant

Dental AssistantNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$20-$26/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Posted 13m ago · Verified live

Job Description

Role Overview

We are looking for a qualified Oral Surgery Dental Assistant to join our premiere dental practice.

The right applicant will have experience preparing oral surgery patients, ensuring that they are comfortable and offering another set of hands for procedures. Assistants must help Oral Surgeons to clearly see problems and changes within a patient's mouth. This often requires taking x-rays of the bone structure of a patient's jaw, as well as taking photographs of the teeth.

Responsibilities

  • Help Oral Surgeons prepare for procedures by having the necessary tools sterilized and in place
  • Help keep a patient’s mouth clean and dry during procedures and hand the Oral Surgeon the necessary tools at the appropriate time
  • Patient education; explain procedures and discuss treatment progress and plans
  • This position will include all aspects of clinical dental care

Requirements

  • Previous oral surgery chairside assisting is preferred
  • Positive attitude and enthusiasm for the workday
  • Excellent customer service skills with an outgoing, people friendly personality
  • The ideal applicant will display and demonstrate excellent communication skills with staff and patients
  • Desire to learn new skills and expand your potential
  • Coronal polishing/sealant, and/or nitrous certified

Compensation Package and Benefits

  • Compensation will be comprised of a base salary that is commensurate with experience
  • Full Medical Insurance with BCBS, employer pays on average 66% of premium!
  • Dental/Vision
  • Short Term and Long Term Disability
  • Life Insurance
  • 401(k) with matching
  • Flexible Spending account
  • and more!

Company Overview

United Dental Partners is a very fast-growing Dental Support Organization (DSO) serving multi-specialty dental practices in Chicago and Northwest Indiana. The multi-specialty dental groups we serve collectively care for children and adults and offer general, pediatric, orthodontic and oral surgery care.

We work in an energetic environment with phenomenal people who love providing fantastic care for patients and know that our ability to provide consistently great care is underpinned by the personalities and values of the people we hire.

COVID-19 Considerations

We meet CDC and other health agency guidelines for COVID-19 by social distancing, cleaning and disinfecting the workplace throughout the day and adjusting as necessary to provide a safe and healthy environment.

Job Type: Full-time

Monday-Friday 6:30am-2pm. Travels to both Aurora and Elgin

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Oral surgery assistingX-ray imagingDental photographySterilizationSealant applicationNitrous oxide administration

Surgery Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$48k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $48k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

How does United Dental Partners compare as an employer?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score3.9 / 10 · above average in dental assistantranked against 342 Dental Assistant listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$48k in purchasing powerIllinois index 100.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Surgery listings in Illinois11 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All dental assistant listings in Illinois187 active6,018 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedIllinois healthcare professional listings (all specialties): 32% state a sign-on bonus (median $7k) · 8% offer loan repayment187 active listings, Nov 2026
New Surgery listings825 in the last 30 days480 the 30 days before (+72%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (342 Dental Assistant listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Illinois figures use all dental assistants: too few Illinois Surgery postings state pay.

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 3.9
Better work-life than 60% of Dental Assistant listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 342 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
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About United Dental Partners

Hospitals and Health Care
Chicago, IL
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical Insurance (BCBS, employer pays ~66% of premium)
Dental/Vision
Short Term and Long Term Disability
Life Insurance
401(k) with matching
Flexible Spending Account

Living in Elgin

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$336k
Typical market rent
$1,923/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

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