Associate Dentist
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Job Description
Description
Associate Dentist Opportunity – Punta Gorda Dental Care
Punta Gorda Dental Care is growing, and we want you to be part of this exciting next chapter!
Punta Gorda Dental Care is an established, busy, and growing practice with a wonderful team and a strong presence in the community. Over the past several years, our location has experienced significant growth and continued patient demand. Because of that success, we are expanding!
We are currently looking for an experienced, pleasant, compassionate Associate Dentist with strong clinical skills and an excellent chairside manner to join our team as we prepare to open our brand-new office building located directly next to our established Punta Gorda Dental Care location.
This is an exciting opportunity to join an established practice while also being part of something completely new. Our new office will be brand new, modern, beautifully designed, and built from the ground up with a fresh, aesthetic environment for our patients and team.
Requirements
- Position Requirements
- Must have a valid Florida Dentist license
- Must have at least 3 years of clinical practice experience
Key Responsibilities
The Associate Dentist will provide high-quality clinical dental care to patients in a growing practice. They will be expected to maintain an excellent chairside manner while working in a brand-new office environment.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Dentistry Career Context
Of the 50 active Dentist listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 28% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Location & Logistics
Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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Living in Punta Gorda
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $383k
- Typical market rent
- $2,028/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 27 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 100.5
- 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 · Punta Gorda, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.