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Chapa-De Indian Health
Grass Valley, California

Dentist

DentalFull-Time

Listed compensation

$201k-$245k

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Job Description

Transform Smiles. Strengthen Communities.

Dentistry at Chapa-De is about more than healthy smiles, it's about improving lives. As a Dentist, you'll provide patient-centered care in a collaborative, team-based environment where you can build lasting relationships, improve oral health, and make a meaningful difference for individuals and families every day.

Salary: $201,000- $245,000 full-time annual salary range.

Exceptional Benefits

  • Low patient to provider ratio
  • Employer-paid Health Insurance (medical, dental and vision)
  • 27 Vacation Days, 11 Paid Holidays, 8+ Days Sick Leave (1 hour for every 30 hours worked)
  • Retirement Plan with 6% match
  • CME Allowance/Time off

What You'll Do

Provide skilled dental services such as general restorative and preventive care, crown and bridge, removable prosthetics, endodontics, oral surgery.

  • Educate patients on oral health.
  • Direct Dental Assistants to ensure quality care.

What You'll Bring

  • DDS or DMD Degree
  • One year experience in a dental practice
  • Current BLS certificate

Current DEA License

If you're passionate about helping others, thrive in a team environment, and want to make a meaningful impact in the community, we'd love to meet you!

About Us

Chapa-De is a non-profit community outpatient health center with a mission to advance the health and well-being of American Indians and low income individuals living in our communities by providing convenient access to high quality, compassionate care. Clinics located in Auburn, CA and Grass Valley, CA.

Chapa-De recognizes that our strength lies in our people. We are committed to the principles of equal employment and complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities, and all other employment laws and regulations.

It is the intent of Chapa-De to maintain a work environment free of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation.

We are dedicated to the fulfillment of this policy in regard to all aspects of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, placement transfer, training, promotion, rates of pay, and other compensation, termination, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.

Chapa-De provides reasonable accommodation to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation. We comply with California Department of Public Health Requirements.

This may include, but not limited to, masking during flu season for employees who decline an annual flu vaccine. Preference in filling vacancies will be given to qualified Indian applicants in accordance with the Indian Preference Act (Title 25, U.S. Code, section 472 & 473).

Key Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive dental services including restorative care, endodontics, and oral surgery while educating patients on oral health. Supervise dental assistants to ensure the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a DDS or DMD degree and possess a current BLS certificate and DEA license. At least one year of experience in a dental practice is required.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

General Restorative CarePatient EducationTeam CollaborationDental Assistance Supervision

General Dentistry Career Context

Of the 50 active Dentist listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 40% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$223k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $201k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks21 jobs

401k / retirement match
95% this job
CME allowance
52% this job
Sign-on bonus
24%
Loan repayment
24%
Relocation assistance
19%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 1.5
Better work-life than 20% of Dentist listings

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

Living in Grass Valley

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$536k≈ 2.7× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,156/mo≈ 13% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
17 min
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Chapa-De Indian Health

Benefits & Perks

Low patient to provider ratio
Employer-paid Health Insurance (medical, dental and vision)
27 Vacation Days
11 Paid Holidays
8+ Days Sick Leave
Retirement Plan with 6% match
CME Allowance/Time off