Travel Dental Assistant, Oral Surgery
Listed compensation
$30/hour
The week · per this posting
Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
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
- $30.00+ per hour/DOE
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
- Gentle Dental Orange
- 424 South Main St.
- Suites H, I, J
- Orange, CA 92868, 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
- OSMA or ACLS
- X-Ray Certification
- Bilingual Spanish
- Expanded Functions Certified
- Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) accreditation
Key Responsibilities
Provide exceptional oral healthcare services and support clinical operations across multiple dental office locations. Assist the dental team in delivering patient care while maintaining high standards of clinical excellence and patient relationships.
Requirements
Candidates must possess a board-approved 8-hour infection control course, a certificate from a dental assisting program, and a valid CPR/BLS certificate. Additional certifications such as RDA, X-ray, or ACLS are preferred and may increase starting pay.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Surgery Career Context
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$62k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $56k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Work-life snapshot
Listing-based score, 0–10, across 342 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
Living in Irvine
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $1.36M
- Typical market rent
- $3,527/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 25 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 113.6
- State income tax
- Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 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.