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Job Description
Associate Dentist Opportunity | Sign-On Bonus Available
Join a thriving, technology-driven dental practice in Southwest Michigan. We're seeking a General Dentist who enjoys comprehensive dentistry and values clinical autonomy, strong team support, and a patient-focused culture.
This opportunity offers an established patient base, modern technology, and a flexible full-time or part-time schedule. Best of all, enjoy a work-life balance with no evenings and no weekends.
Highlights
- Competitive compensation with daily guarantee
- Sign-on bonus available
- Established patient flow
- 100% Clinical autonomy
- Fully digital office, including a CBCT and iTero
- CE opportunities and comprehensive benefits
Qualifications
- Previous clinical experience preferred, but open to all levels!
- DDS or DMD degree
- Active Michigan dental license (or ability to obtain)
- Commitment to exceptional patient care
- INDDREP02
Key Responsibilities
Provide comprehensive dental care to an established patient base within a modern, technology-driven practice. Maintain clinical autonomy while collaborating with a supportive team to ensure high-quality patient outcomes.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Dentist at Dowagiac Family Dentistry 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
Of the 50 active Dentist listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 38% have no call, 82% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.8 / 10 · top 25% in dentist | ranked against 3,154 Dentist listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Dentist median $208k (middle half $200k–$300k)12 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost of living | Michigan index 96.2 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Dentist listings in Michigan | 139 active | 5,704 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 2% remote · 38% no call · 82% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
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Benefits & Perks
27 jobsShare of similar jobs offering each benefit
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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,154 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
- No weekends
- No nights
- On-site
About Dowagiac Family Dentistry
Benefits & Perks
Living in Kalamazoo
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $231k
- Typical market rent
- $1,216/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 19 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 94.8
- State income tax
- Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.