Western Dental Services

Western Dental attracts some of the best and brightest dentists from top dental schools across the country and around the world. And every one of them is dedicated to helping you chew, nibble, gnaw, smile and help you keep those pearly whites for a lifetime.

Join our Dental Home that offers high quality, affordable and convenient car 

Over the last 100 years, Western Dental has become the most experienced and comprehensive dental provider in the West, providing a dental home to patients in nearly 250 offices in California, Arizona, Nevada and Texas. Each office offers a full range of dental services, including orthodontics, dental implants and restorative crowns, periodontics, endodontics, oral surgery, pediatric dentistry and oral hygiene.

Join a network of dental excellence.

Behind every Western Dental/Brident dentist is a high caliber team of dental and management professionals who offer state-of-the-art technology, exceptional hygienists, and a top-flight operations staff so you can excel at being the expert in your field. We offer:

- Competitive salaries, possible relocation and sign on bonus
- Guaranteed daily base rate that does not expire, plus incentives
- Medical, Dental, Vision and 401(k)
- Disability insurance
- Malpractice insurance
- Tuition for CE credits

Why Work with Western Dental?

Helping people and working in a field that you love can provide tremendous rewards, but that’s just the start. Western Dental provides so much more to benefit you both professionally and personally.

Join the Western Dental team and you’ll enjoy:

- Advanced professional development with state-of-the-art dental equipment and facilities
- Excellent compensation and a comprehensive benefit program
- Exceptional growth and career advancement opportunities
- Tuition reimbursement for certifications
- Highly competitive salaries
- Paid vacation and sick time
- Medical and dental insurance
- Vision coverage
- 401K plan
- Immigration sponsorship
- Outstanding professional training
- Continuing education courses offered by nationally renowned dentists
- A stimulating and rewarding work environment
- A steady flow of patients and practice with the latest dental procedures
- Best-in-class practice management support systems
- Company-paid professional liability insurance

Western Dental is the largest, most established staff model dental company in California, with affiliated offices in Arizona and Nevada, and we have among the best quality management and professional development programs for our dentists. You’ll enjoy a steady flow of patients, thanks to Western Dental’s strong reputation for quality, reliability and affordability. 

Our doctors join us from a wide array of career paths. Sometimes they’re straight out of school, a residency or a specialty program. Or they may be filling in extra days while building a private practice, leaving private practice, moving from other dental companies, or relocating from other locations. Our doctors are graduates of the finest dental schools around the country, as well as the top dental schools around the world. Depending on their experience, our doctors start first as Associates and receive expert training in all aspects of general dentistry and one-on-one supervision to ensure mastery.

Associate Dentists

Western Dental’s Associate Dentists enjoy unique development and practice opportunities. These include fully digitalized offices--digital x-rays, electronic patient records, electronic patient flow systems, digital intra-oral cameras and more--as well as continuous mentoring from experienced dentists and other professionals to achieve excellence in clinical proficiency. 

Career opportunities for Associate Dentists are ample at Western. Dentists can enjoy a reliable, steady flow of patients, practice high quality dentistry, develop skills in all aspects of clinical dentistry and office leadership, achieve earnings levels that are among the highest in the industry for Associates, and advance to Managing Dentist positions, where earnings potential and leadership opportunities increase even more. Western pays a guaranteed base plus incentive compensation. We have had our Associate Dentists earning over $200,000 per year, and our Managing Dentists earning substantially more. 

Managing Dentists

Managing Dentists are working practitioners, as well as supervisors to Associate Dentists in our larger Western Dental clinics. They must be able to observe and identify opportunities for improvement in the performance of the Associate Dentists, create action plans and provide training aimed at performance improvement and monitor the progress of improvement. Managing Dentists are also responsible for preparing reports on office metrics to identify opportunities for improvement in the office’s performance. This position requires at least two years of hands-on experience as a practicing dentist and experience supervising associates or managing a dental office. Successful candidates at Western Dental will enjoy career development, growth opportunities and excellent compensation.

Training and Development

Western Dental and its affiliates strive for uncompromising excellence, both at the team and individual levels. To achieve that, we and our affiliates offer our dentists and staff a wide range of seminars and continuing education programs designed to strengthen professional, clinical and managerial skills. All of these professional development opportunities are provided without tuition fees to Western Dental and its affiliates' doctors and staff members.

Seminars, Classes and Skills Audits

Our clinical courses are taught by nationally recognized clinicians and educators, our Chief Dental Director, our Clinical Directors and our Quality Assurance Auditors. We conduct hands-on clinical courses to introduce the latest in materials and techniques. We conduct seminars regarding a variety of subjects such as Infection Control, Endodontics, Periodontics, Pedodontics, and Cosmetic Dentistry. Western Dental also provides ongoing training seminars that include case reviews, patient management, patient relations, and preventive practices.

Training

Western Dental and its affiliates ensure that their offices have qualified, skilled dentists and supporting staff by providing their dentists and staff members with on-going training. In-office training is conducted by Western Dental Clinical Directors, dental manufacturer representatives and other dental experts. Additional training materials are provided via DVD, and on-demand at Western Dental Learning for doctors.

Mentoring

To ensure that the treatment of each patient reflects the high standards set by Western Dental and its affiliates, all of the doctors receive mentoring from multiple sources. Associate Doctors receive day to day mentoring by the Managing Doctor in the office. Both Managing and Associate Doctors receive regular ongoing face-to-face mentoring from their Clinical Director and Quality Assurance Auditors. Additional mentoring is also provided by the Orthodontic Directors, Specialty Doctors, and other professionals within the Quality Management Department.

Quality Assurance Reviews

Our Quality Assurance Review system begins when providers are first screened for employment on the Western Dental and affiliated team. Once qualified, each member of the Western Dental and affiliated team is reviewed regularly for the quality of treatment rendered to our patients. These reviews are conducted by the Quality Assurance Auditors, all of whom are licensed dentists with many years of clinical experience.

In addition, all Western Dental and affiliated offices are audited regularly for compliance with infection control, safety, hazardous materials, and regulatory requirements. We make sure that our patients are treated in a safe environment.

Our Quality Management Department activities and continuing education classes ensure that every doctor and staff member is trained and continues developing his or her skills so as to provide the best care available.

When we say we're here for teeth, we're not joking around. We see over 1 Million patients a year at nearly 320 locations. That's a lot of smiles.

It's not about being big. It's about creating an Dental Health Maintenance Organization that has the resources to deliver state-of-the-art dental care to the greatest number of patients at prices you don't need to be a pop star to afford.

Because the people need teeth my friends. We believe it is our duty to help them take care of their teeth so they last a lifetime.

If you're down with that, we'd like to hear from you. Whether you're a young dentist fresh from a residency, a doc who's been in practice for years, or a high-school graduate who wants to help people get the dental care they need, Western Dental, and the people we serve, need you.

Like numbers? Here is some data that shows how much Western Dental does for teeth.