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InterDent Service
Placentia, California

Traveling Dental Assistant, Oral Surgery

Dental AssistantPart-Time

Listed compensation

$25–$30 /hr

The week · per this posting

Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

At Gentle Dental, we value our teammate’s smile as much as our patient’s smile.

Our vision is to provide exceptional, lifelong, integrated oral healthcare services. We enhance the quality of our patients’ lives by providing accessible oral healthcare, which is paramount to overall health and wellbeing. We focus on a commitment to patient care, operational and clinical excellence, personal accountability, building relationships, and seeking out innovative and creative approaches to support our patients and teams.

We are hiring immediately for full and part time positions in our dental offices and are seeking teammates who care, listen, and are motivated to help our patients and communities.

Come join our team and make a difference in the lives of the people in your community!

Schedule: Limited Part-Time

Benefits

We offer the following benefits for Part Time employees:

  • Basic life, AD&D, and long-term disability insurance
  • 401k plan and deferred compensation plan
  • In house Continuing Education and training funds for outside CEs
  • Benefits that support child care needs
  • Wellness Programs
  • Referral Bonuses ($600-$2,500 depending on role)

Pay Range

  • $25.00 - $30.00 per hour

Office Locations

  • Gentle Dental Irvine
  • 4950 Barranca Pkwy.
  • Suite 105
  • Irvine, CA 92604, USA
  • Gentle Dental Placentia
  • 620 N. Rose Drive
  • Suite B
  • Placentia, CA 92870, USA

Required Qualifications

  • Board-approved 8-hour infection control course
  • Certificate from a Dental Assisting Program
  • Valid health care provider CPR/BLS Certificate

Qualifications That Increase Starting Pay

  • Experience
  • X-Ray Certification
  • Bilingual Spanish
  • Expanded Functions Certified
  • Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) accreditation

Key Responsibilities

Provide exceptional integrated oral healthcare services and support oral surgery procedures. Focus on clinical excellence and building strong relationships with patients and teammates.

Requirements

Must have a certificate from a Dental Assisting Program, a board-approved infection control course, and a valid CPR/BLS certificate. RDA accreditation and X-ray certification are preferred for higher pay.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Oral Surgery Support

Surgery Career Context

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Dental Assistant market look like in California?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.6 / 10 · top 25% in dental assistantranked against 342 Dental Assistant listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedDental Assistant median $59k (middle half $55k–$60k)21 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingCalifornia index 110.7US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Dental Assistant listings in California578 active5,667 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedCalifornia healthcare professional listings: 13% state a sign-on bonus (median $30k) · 4% offer loan repayment578 active listings, Nov 2026
New Surgery listings762 in the last 30 days496 the 30 days before (+54%)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.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Traveling Dental Assistant, Oral Surgery at InterDent Service a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Dental Assistant — ranked against 342 active Dental Assistant listings on WeekdayDoc.

Work-life snapshot

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

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

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About InterDent Service

Hospitals and Health Care
Inglewood, California
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Basic life, AD&D, and long-term disability insurance
401k plan and deferred compensation plan
In house Continuing Education and training funds for outside CEs
Benefits that support child care needs
Wellness Programs
Referral Bonuses ($600-$2,500)

Living in Placentia

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$999k
Typical market rent
$2,882/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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