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Aria Care Partners
Story City, Iowa

Traveling Dentist – Nursing Home Care

DentalFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

Sign-On Bonus Available!

We seek a highly skilled and compassionate Mobile Dentist to join our dynamic team!

As a Mobile Dentist, you will work to provide comprehensive dental care to our patients!

You are paid for all drive time and in-clinic time. Days including drive time are about 8 hours. Locations can be 20 minutes to 2 hours away.

If you are a new college graduate or experienced Dentist, this opportunity is for you!

Being a Traveling Dentist with Aria Care Partners provides you with the opportunity to deliver unmatched patient care to residents in skilled nursing facilities. You will be responsible for assessing dental health, addressing dental concerns, developing and discussing the treatment plan, performing limited procedures, and conducting oral cancer screenings.

Work-Life Balance that Works for You! We are seeking a Dentist for four days per week. We work with your schedule!

Compensation

Competitive pay with a minimum daily guarantee. Drive time + Clinic time is all compensated.

*Candidates must possess a valid driver's license and maintain a clean driving record.

Responsibilities

  • Develop treatment plans to manage, improve, and treat dental and oral health issues
  • Perform simple procedures such as exams, fillings, extractions, and denture-related services.
  • Order diagnostic measures, such as x-rays.
  • Apply helpful agents to teeth, such as silver diamine fluoride, to arrest decay.
  • Maintain accurate dental records.

Manage and communicate with the facility and family to ensure the patient has the proper support for successful daily oral hygiene.

Do what you do best: patient care! We focus on the clinical operations team managing all the coordination, including Scheduling and billing, so you can stay focused on doing what you love, providing "The Senior Standard of Care" to our patients!

Aria Care Partners is the national leader in providing onsite dental, vision, hearing, and podiatry care to over 3500 long-term care and skilled nursing facilities across 25 states. Aria Care Partners believes that our clinicians should be able to focus on providing the best, most comprehensive care for their patients.

Our clinicians visit different skilled nursing communities daily, bringing life-affirming care to an underserved population. Our business model, innovation, customer support and teamwork deliver an unparalleled customer experience, resulting in a customer satisfaction rating of over 98%.

Executing this strategic philosophy resulted in rapid company growth with revenue increases of 25%-30% annually over the last 4 years, nearly doubling the size of the company.

Company values include caring fully for our customers and fellow employees, striving for excellence and continuous improvement, and excelling through the power of teamwork and collaboration. At Aria Care Partners, our mission is to enrich the quality of life for every resident with passion and compassion.

Working at Aria Matters!

#ACPDen

Requirements

Candidates must be licensed dentists and possess a valid driver's license with a clean driving record. The role is open to both new college graduates and experienced dental professionals.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Treatment planningDenture servicesX-ray diagnosticsSilver diamine fluoride applicationPatient assessmentDental record maintenanceCommunication

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Traveling Dentist – Nursing Home Care at Aria Care Partners 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.

Dentistry Career Context

Of the 50 active Dentist listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 38% have no call, 80% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Iowa is 87.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Iowa clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 6.8
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.

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Living in Story City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$271k
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.8
State income tax
Up to 6%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Ames, IA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Aria Care Partners

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Benefits & Perks

Sign-On Bonus Available
Paid drive time and clinic time
Minimum daily guarantee