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Big Smiles
Bakersfield, California

Dentist

Dentist 8.7 Work-LifeNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$169k-$195k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumedWeekdays only

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

Dentistry with a work-life balance

Make Money While Making a Difference

If you’re looking for full-time work at a competitive salary while helping kids in need, let’s talk.

Big Smiles, a school-based mobile dental practice, is seeking a dentist in Bakersfield, CA 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 Bakersfield, CA 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
  • Computer literate

Big Smiles Offers

Evenings, weekends and summers off!

Working a school day schedule (about 6 – 7 hours); on average between 8:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.

  • Benefit package (health, dental, vision)
  • Unique work experience and flexible scheduling
  • Full and part time positions
  • $650-$750 a day
  • State-of-the-art portable dental equipment

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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 within a school-based mobile practice. Utilize state-of-the-art portable equipment to transform school venues into functional dental offices.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a DMD or DDS degree and a valid driver's license with reliable transportation. Ability to work well with both children and adults and basic computer literacy are required.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Pediatric DentistryPatient CareCommunication

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Dentist at Big Smiles a 8.7 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

Big Smiles holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 84/100, 12 active listings.

Of the 50 active Dentist listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

Dentist by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score8.7 / 10 · top 5% in dentistranked against 3,154 Dentist listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$169k–$195kDentist median $219k (middle half $187k–$275k)49 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$164k in purchasing powerCalifornia index 110.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Dentist listings in California568 active5,625 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 38% no call · 76% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedCalifornia healthcare professional listings: 14% state a sign-on bonus (median $15k) · 4% offer loan repayment568 active listings, Nov 2026
New Dentistry listings213 in the last 30 days209 the 30 days before (about the same)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Big Smilessilver tier, 84/100Top Employers work-life index12 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (3,154 Dentist listings), Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Work-life snapshot

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  • No weekends
  • No nights
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About Big Smiles

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

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Flexible Scheduling
Evenings, Weekends, and Summers Off
School Day Schedule (about 6-7 hours)
State-of-the-Art Portable Dental Equipment
Latest Technology & Digital Radiography

Living in Bakersfield

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$354k
Typical market rent
$1,901/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
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.

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