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Essential Endodontics
Fort Worth, Texas

Traveling Periodontist Assistant

DentistFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Traveling Periodontist Assistant to join our thriving multi-specialty practice team! The ideal Periodontist Assistant candidate is passionate about providing the best level of care and education, has excellent chair side manner, and can operate as an effective member of a team! We are looking for a friendly, dependable, self-motivated, hardworking individuals who is team oriented and willing to learn.

  • ## Position requires travel to our Burleson and Colleyville offices
  • Depending on where you live in FTW, You will be at a 35 minute radius from Colleyville and shorter distance to Burleson.

Essential Endodontics

5209 Heritage Ave #400, Colleyville, TX 76034

Essential Endodontics

101 NW Renfro St #102, Burleson, TX 76028

The Following Schedule

  • Monday - Colleyville
  • Tuesday - FTW
  • Wednesday - Colleyville
  • Thursday - Burleson every other Thursday
  • Friday - FTW

Key Responsibilities

Experience with Set Up and Break Down Of

  • Surgical set ups
  • Membranes
  • IV Sedation
  • Perio Laser
  • Dental implants
  • Bone grafting
  • Organizing, maintaining, and ordering all surgical supplies
  • Knowledge of taking a CBCT, Pano, Digital Impressions, etc.
  • Knowledge of Perio Charting, progress notes, and letters
  • Communicating with patients for pre & post instructions

Experience

The ideal candidate will have 6 months or more years of dental assistant experience or have graduated from dental assistant school looking to begin their career in the dental field. We provide on the job training!

Benefits Include

  • Paid Holidays after 90 days
  • Paid Time Off after 90 days
  • Bonus opportunities available after 90 days
  • Supplemental Discount plans available after 90 days
  • Health Insurance available if would like to sign up at 60 days of employment or enrollment period

Requirements

Candidates should have at least 6 months of dental assistant experience or be a graduate of a dental assistant school. The role requires the ability to travel between the Burleson and Colleyville office locations.

Key Skills

Patient communicationSurgical supply management

Dental Assisting Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

How does Essential Endodontics compare as an employer?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score7.0 / 10 · top 25% in dentistranked against 3,154 Dentist listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedDentist median $275k (middle half $247k–$300k)307 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingTexas index 97.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
All dentist listings in Texas486 active6,023 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedTexas healthcare professional listings (all specialties): 22% state a sign-on bonus (median $11k) · 2% offer loan repayment486 active listings, 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. Texas figures use all dentists: too few Texas Dental Assisting postings state pay.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Traveling Periodontist Assistant at Essential Endodontics a 7.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Dentist — ranked against 3,154 active Dentist listings on WeekdayDoc.

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 7.0
Better work-life than 90% 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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About Essential Endodontics

Benefits & Perks

Paid Holidays after 90 days
Paid Time Off after 90 days
Bonus opportunities after 90 days
Supplemental Discount plans after 90 days
Health Insurance available after 60 days

Living in Fort Worth

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$261k
Typical market rent
$1,612/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.1
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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