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Help a Child Smile
Macon, Georgia

Dentist

Dental 8.0 Work-LifeNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 2mo 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.

Help a Child Smile, a school-based mobile dental practice, is seeking a general and/or pediatric dentist in Macon, Georgia, and the surrounding areas to help provide dental care to underserved children at their school. This position would have a fall start date beginning with the new school year!

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 Macon, GA 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

Help a Child Smile Offers

  • Evenings, weekends and summers off!
  • Working a school day schedule (about 6 hours)
  • 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
  • Know a dentist who may be interested?
  • EARN UP TO $6,000 for a referral.
  • Call or text Kelly at 855-957-4375 or email kcaito@mobiledentists.com

Who We Are

Help A Child Smile is Georgia’s leading at school dental program meeting the tremendous need among underserved school aged children who do not have easy access to dental care and who often suffer from poor oral hygiene, tooth decay, pain and associated health problems.

Help A Child Smile 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 dental care to underserved children at school sites using portable dental equipment. Manage patient interactions and perform dental procedures within a school-based mobile practice setting.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a DMD or DDS degree and possess the ability to work effectively with children and adults. A valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and legal eligibility to work in the U.S. are required.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Pediatric dentistryPatient careCommunicationClinical skills

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Dentist at Help a Child Smile a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Dentist — ranked against 3,154 active Dentist listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Dentistry Career Context

Of the 50 active Dentist listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 36% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution30 jobs · 29 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs

401k / retirement match
70%
CME allowance
52%
Sign-on bonus
30%
Relocation assistance
22%
Loan repayment
15%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 8.0
Among the best 10% of Dentist listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,154 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights

Living in Macon

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$162k
Typical market rent
$1,246/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.5
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Macon-Bibb County, GA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Help a Child Smile

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Benefits & Perks

Evenings, weekends, and summers off
Flexible scheduling
State-of-the-art portable dental equipment
Latest technology & digital radiography