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Star Dental Partners
Winter Park, Florida

Dental Hygienist

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Job Description

Acuna Dentistry - Winter Park, Florida

Looking for a dental hygiene position where the schedule works for you and where you can focus on patient care, build meaningful relationships, and be part of a team that truly values you?

Acuna Dentistry in Winter Park, Florida is growing our hygiene team and have both Full-Time and Part-Time opportunities available.

We’re seeking a compassionate, skilled, and patient-focused Dental Hygienist to join our established family dental team!

Our practice has earned the trust of families throughout the community by providing personalized, high-quality dental care in a welcoming and comfortable environment. Our patients value the relationships they have built with our team—and we’re looking for a hygienist who shares our passion for helping patients achieve healthy, confident smiles.

We’re hiring for both Full-Time and Part-Time Dental Hygienist opportunities and are open to discussing the schedule with the right candidate.

Full-Time Schedule

  • Monday–Thursday: 6:45 AM–4:30 PM
  • 1-hour lunch

Part-Time Schedule

  • 2 days per week
  • Tuesday: 6:45 AM–4:00 PM
  • Thursday: 6:45 AM–5:00 PM
  • 1-hour lunch each day

Whether you’re looking for a consistent full-time schedule or flexibility of hours with a two-day workweek, we’d love to connect with you!

Why You'll Love Working With Us

  • Established practice with a loyal, patient base
  • Supportive, friendly team that genuinely enjoys working together
  • Modern technology that enhances patient care and clinical efficiency
  • Patient-centered approach focused on relationships and quality care
  • Opportunity to educate and positively impact patients' overall health
  • Comfortable, welcoming office environment
  • Respectful leadership that values your expertise and contributions
  • Doctors and team members dedicated to continuing education and professional growth
  • Private practice culture with complete business support
  • Work-life balance

Career Growth

  • To learn more about this established practice: acunadentistry.com
  • Full Benefits Package
  • Competitive hourly pay rate based on experience with an adjusted production compensation model
  • Monthly Employee Incentive Program
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision
  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Paid Company Holidays, Bereavement, and Jury Duty
  • Paid Basic Life Insurance
  • Voluntary Life and ADD Insurance
  • Pet Insurance
  • Short Term Disability
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for all employees and their household
  • Accidental Injury, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity plans with wellness incentives

Responsibilities

What You'll Do

  • Review patients' medical and dental history
  • Take high-quality X-rays; train to become proficient in high-resolution digital imaging
  • Educate patients on oral health, oral hygiene, and oral-systemic connectionsDocument existing restorations, identify areas of concern, and co-diagnose to educate patients
  • Administer prophylactic and periodontal scaling, plus delivery of antimicrobial agents
  • Conduct oral cancer, saliva, and caries risk screenings, and recommend treatments/therapies
  • Train to become proficient in digital scanning, leading-edge diagnostics, and periodontal therapies/technologies
  • Collaborate with a team of medical and dental providers to support the best possible patient outcomes
  • Educate patients on treatment plans, insurance, and payment collection
  • Partner with the business team on hygiene schedule management and accountability
  • Keep a positive rapport with patients and team members

Qualifications

What You'll Need

  • Florida Dental Hygienist license (required)
  • Current BLS/CPR certification
  • Willingness to maintain annual OSHA, HIPAA, and Infection Control training
  • Great communication skills and solid knowledge of dental health for patient education
  • Eagerness to learn new therapy treatments through hands-on training at the practice
  • Dental Hygiene grads with a passion for patient care and willingness to grow with our team are welcome and encouraged to apply!

Equal Employment Opportunity

Star Dental Partners provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

X-ray imagingOral health educationClinical diagnosticsTreatment planningInsurance coordinationPatient communicationOSHA complianceHIPAA complianceBLS certification

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Dental Hygienist at Star Dental Partners a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Dental Hygiene — ranked against 1,881 active Dental Hygiene listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Dental Hygiene Career Context

Of the 50 active Dental Hygienist listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% have no call, 78% 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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Salary Distribution31 jobs · 28 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs

401k / retirement match
96% this job
Sign-on bonus
44%
CME allowance
44% this job
Loan repayment
15%
Relocation assistance
7%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 6.4
Better work-life than 70% of Dental Hygiene listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,881 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Winter Park

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$426k
Typical market rent
$1,812/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
101.4
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 · Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Star Dental Partners

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51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off (PTO)
401(k) Retirement Plan
Paid Company Holidays
Paid Basic Life Insurance
Voluntary Life and ADD Insurance