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Elevate Dental Partners
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Dental Hygienist

Dental HygienistNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$55-$65/hr

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Job Description

  • Registered Dental Hygienist
  • Prestige Dental Centers
  • Colorado Springs, CO
  • Full-Time | $55–$65/hr Target Earnings
  • $5,000 Sign-On Bonus
  • Prestige Dental Centers is looking for a Registered Dental Hygienist to join our Colorado Springs team.
  • If you want competitive earning potential, strong benefits, modern technology, and a practice where hygienists play an important role in comprehensive patient care, we'd love to meet you.
  • Pay, Schedule & Benefits
  • $55–$65 per hour target earnings through base pay + production bonus
  • $5,000 sign-on bonus
  • 4 to 4.5 day per week schedule; Weekdays only!
  • Monthly bonus opportunity
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Life and disability insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • CE allowance
  • Paid study clubs
  • Mentorship and professional development

A Hygiene Team That Matters

Prestige Dental Centers is built around compassionate care, advanced technology, high clinical standards, and a strong team environment.

Our hygienists are an important part of prevention, periodontal health, patient education, and helping people feel confident moving forward with treatment.

You'll work alongside an experienced clinical team in a comprehensive practice providing family dentistry, restorative care, implants, Invisalign, periodontal treatment, laser gum therapy, and more.

What You'll Do

  • Provide preventive and periodontal hygiene care
  • Complete periodontal assessments and charting
  • Perform prophylaxis and scaling and root planing as appropriate
  • Take diagnostic dental x-rays
  • Educate patients about periodontal health, home care, and prevention
  • Discuss the connection between oral health and overall health
  • Build lasting patient relationships
  • Use modern technology, including Overjet, to support patient education
  • Collaborate closely with doctors and the clinical team
  • Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation

What We're Looking For

  • Active Colorado Dental Hygienist license, or eligibility for licensure
  • CPR/BLS certification
  • Strong clinical hygiene skills
  • Excellent patient communication
  • Team-oriented and dependable
  • Commitment to high-quality, patient-centered care
  • Comfortable learning and using modern dental technology
  • Experience with Open Dental, Dentrix, or similar software is helpful

New graduates are welcome. Mentorship and professional development are available to help you build confidence and continue growing clinically.

About Prestige Dental Centers

Prestige Dental Centers serves Colorado Springs with a mission of providing first-class dental care while helping patients feel more comfortable and less fearful of dentistry. The practice combines a gentle approach with advanced technology and comprehensive care for patients of all ages.

Our culture emphasizes compassion, learning and growth, positive team spirit, high standards, and community.

Let's Talk

  • If you're looking for $55–$65/hr target earnings, a $5,000 sign-on bonus, strong benefits, modern dentistry, and a team that values great hygienists, we'd love to meet you.
  • Apply today to learn more about joining Prestige Dental Centers.

Key Responsibilities

Provide preventive and periodontal hygiene care, including assessments, charting, and scaling and root planing. Educate patients on oral health and maintain accurate clinical documentation while collaborating with the dental team.

Requirements

Requires an active Colorado Dental Hygienist license or eligibility for licensure and CPR/BLS certification. Candidates should possess strong clinical skills, excellent communication abilities, and comfort with modern dental technology.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Dental hygienePeriodontal assessmentTeamwork

Dental Hygiene Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$125k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $121k in an average-cost state. 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 40 active Dental Hygienist listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% have no call, 63% require no weekends.

How does Elevate Dental Partners compare as an employer?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.4 / 10 · above average in dental hygienistranked against 2,151 Dental Hygienist listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$114k–$135kDental Hygienist median $137k (middle half $130k–$146k)32 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$121k in purchasing powerColorado index 103.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Dental Hygiene listings in Colorado87 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All dental hygienist listings in Colorado188 active5,987 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 48% no call · 63% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$5k sign-onColorado healthcare professional listings (all specialties): 15% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 11% offer loan repayment188 active listings, Nov 2026
New Dental Hygiene listings793 in the last 30 days438 the 30 days before (+81%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (2,151 Dental Hygienist listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Colorado figures use all dental hygienists: too few Colorado Dental Hygiene postings state pay.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Dental Hygienist at Elevate 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 Hygienist — ranked against 2,151 active Dental Hygienist listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Top Dental Hygienist Jobs

28 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

28 jobs · 18 employers
9
<$130k
10
$130k-150k
2
$150k-170k
7
$183k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

27 jobs · 18 employers
401k / retirement match
100% this job
CME allowance
70% this job
Sign-on bonus
56% this job

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Licensed Dental Hygienist Float - South Metro

Park Dental · Minneapolis, Minnesota

$60-$88/hr
#2

Licensed Dental Hygienist - Minnetonka

Park Dental · Minnetonka, Minnesota

$60-$88/hr
#3

Licensed Dental Hygienist Float - East Metro

$60-$88/hr
#4

Licensed Dental Hygienist - Stillwater

$60-$88/hr
+ 26 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

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

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,151 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
Elevate Dental Partners logo

About Elevate Dental Partners

Hospitals and Health Care
Denver, CO
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

$5,000 sign-on bonus
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Life and disability insurance
401(k) with company match
CE allowance
Paid study clubs
Mentorship and professional development
Monthly bonus opportunity

Living in Colorado Springs

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$399k
Typical market rent
$1,717/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.7
State income tax
Up to 4.4%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Colorado Springs, CO metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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