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NC Dental
Pinehurst, North Carolina

Associate Dentist

DentistFull-Time

Compensation

Pay not listed

The week · per this posting · Monday – Thursday

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

North State Dental Partners is searching for an exceptional dentist to join our growing group of dental practices in North Carolina. Current search is for full-time associate dentist (4 days/week - Mon-Thurs) for an established general practice in Pinehurst, NC.

Primarily fee-for-service dental practice focused intently on providing exceptional patient care through a great patient experience. Our recipe for success is simple: find great people, train them well, empower/motivate them, and facilitate their development as clinical leaders.

We Offer

  • opportunity for personal and professional growth
  • personalized leadership and clinical development
  • great compensation and benefits package
  • a supportive team who is invested in your success
  • a network of experienced mentors and peers
  • great work / life balance
  • business support from a dedicated team of professionals

We Want Our Dentists To

  • have fun and enjoy their work
  • be passionate about dentistry and their work family
  • believe in getting better every day, and be genuinely open to feedback
  • value working in a collaborative environment
  • provide exceptional patient care and value patient satisfaction

Our dentists lead their team through each day and support the values, culture, operations, and goals of the practice. We greatly value our dentists and their team! We encourage everyone to help us improve our processes and take the initiative to make their practice better.

Our teams build lasting, trustworthy relationships with patients. We have the latest technology and equipment to treat our patients in all areas of dentistry. We want to ensure continuity of care and convenience for our patients by providing as many services as we can “in house.” Every dentist has great earnings potential with possible ownership opportunities.

If we sound like a great match for you, we would love the opportunity to meet you and get to know you better. Joining the right practice can change your life. Come join our work family and together we will change the lives of others!

Key Responsibilities

The associate dentist will provide exceptional patient care and lead the dental team in a collaborative environment. They are responsible for maintaining high standards of patient satisfaction and supporting the practice's operations and culture.

Requirements

The candidate must be a passionate dentist who is open to feedback and committed to continuous professional improvement. They should be capable of working in a team-oriented setting and providing a wide range of dental services.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical leadershipCommunicationCollaborationTeam leadershipGeneral dentistry

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Associate Dentist at NC Dental a 6.6 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.

Dentistry Career Context

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

The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Dentist by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.6 / 10 · top 25% in dentistranked against 3,154 Dentist listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Cost of livingNorth Carolina index 94.3US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Dentist listings in North Carolina210 active5,625 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 38% no call · 76% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedNorth Carolina healthcare professional listings: 37% state a sign-on bonus (median $15k) · 5% offer loan repayment210 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
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (3,154 Dentist listings), 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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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

17 jobs
401k / retirement match
71%
CME allowance
59%
Sign-on bonus
29%
Visa sponsorship
24%
Loan repayment
6%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 6.6
Better work-life than 80% of Dentist listings

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

Benefits & Perks

Opportunity for personal and professional growth
Personalized leadership and clinical development
Great compensation and benefits package
Supportive team invested in your success
Network of experienced mentors and peers
Great work / life balance
Business support from a dedicated team of professionals

Living in Pinehurst

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$496k
Typical market rent
$2,012/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.3
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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