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Big Smiles
Kansas City, Missouri

Dentist

DentalNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

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

Missouri Big Smiles, a school-based mobile dental practice, is seeking a general and/or pediatric dentist in Kansas City, MO 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.

We are currently looking for dentists in Branson, MO and the surrounding areas.

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
  • Legally eligible to work in the U.S. without Visa Sponsorship

Missouri Big Smiles Offers

  • Evenings, weekends and summers off!
  • Working a school day schedule (about 6 hours)
  • Benefit package (health, dental, vision)
  • 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
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  • EARN UP TO $6,000 for a referral.
  • Call or text Kelly at 855-957-4375 or email kcaito@mobiledentists.com

Who We Are

Big Smiles is the nation's leading in-school dental program founded almost two decades ago by two moms, who happen to also be dentists.

The founders saw a tremendous need among underserved school aged children who did not have easy access to dental care and who often suffered from poor oral hygiene, tooth decay, pain and associated medical problems.

Knowing that many parents could not take their children to the dentist due to issues including time off from work and transportation challenges, they sought to bring the care to the need.

Today, through its dental partners, Big Smiles provides preventative and restorative care to approximately 500,000 children per year.

Tooth decay is the most common, and preventable disease among children, more common than asthma. In fact, each year, over 51 million school hours are lost due to oral health related issues.

Big Smiles affiliates with state licensed dentists, hygienists and assistants who use state-of-the-art portable equipment to provide all services onsite, directly in the school or in a self-contained mobile dental facility on site at the school.

If portable equipment is used, classrooms, auditoriums or other school venues are literally transformed into fully functional dental offices for the day.

Our expertise, obtained through years of experience bringing mobile dental care to schools, as well as through our highly qualified staff, enables us to bring exceptional care with minimal disruption to the normal school routine.

Big Smiles is currently active in 20 states and has ongoing strategic partnerships with over 8,000 school districts, including 21 of the 25 largest school districts in the country.

Given the ongoing lack of access for many underserved children across the country, our services are in great demand and we are always looking for caring, compassionate professionals to join our team and play their part in making a difference in the lives of today's underserved children.

Rewarding Work. Competitive Compensation. Big Smiles.

Big Smiles 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 preventative and restorative dental care to underserved children at school sites. Utilize portable dental equipment to transform school venues into functional dental offices.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a DMD or DDS degree and be legally eligible to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship. A valid driver's license and reliable transportation are required for daily travel to school sites.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Pediatric dentistryPatient carePreventative careCommunicationClinical skills

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Dentist at Big Smiles 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.

General Dentistry Career Context

Big Smiles holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 84/100, 11 active listings.

Of the 50 active Dentist listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 32% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

Dentist by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.8 / 10 · top 25% in dentistranked against 3,154 Dentist listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedDentist median $250k (middle half $202k–$300k)399 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingMissouri index 90.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Dentist listings in Missouri140 active5,723 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 2% remote · 32% no call · 78% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Big Smilessilver tier, 84/100Top Employers work-life index11 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (3,154 Dentist listings), Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
56%
Sign-on bonus
32%
Relocation assistance
20%
Loan repayment
12%

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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
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About Big Smiles

Hospitals and Health Care
Farmington Hills, Michigan
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Evenings, weekends and summers off
Working a school day schedule (about 6 hours)
Benefit package (health, dental, vision)
Unique work experience and flexible scheduling
Full and part time positions
Competitive compensation
State-of-the-art portable dental equipment
Latest technology & digital radiography

Living in Kansas City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$251k
Typical market rent
$1,428/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.5
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Kansas City, MO-KS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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