Dentist (Periodontist)

Department of Veterans Affairs•Chesapeake, VA

79d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply. This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until April 21, 2026. The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be November 14, 2025, with subsequent cut-off dates on the 1st of each month. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. The Periodontist dental officer position is located at the North Battlefield VA Outpatient Clinic within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), VA Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6), Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center (HVAMC), under the Dental Service Line. The Periodontist must document successful completion of a residency program in Periodontics. He/she must be licensed and may be privileged to perform any or all the following duties: The extent and complexity of each of the above privileges granted to a Periodontist is dependent on the experience and documented training of the individual which is established through credentialing and privileging.

Requirements

successful completion of a residency program in Periodontics
licensed

Responsibilities

Comprehensive dental examination, consultation, diagnosis, and treatment planning including the use of radiographs, photographs, diagnostic tests, impressions, jaw relation records and diagnostic casts.
Preliminary diagnosis, initial treatment, or stabilization of oral manifestations of systemic disease.
Preventive dentistry services
Periodontic procedures: scaling and root planning, full mouth debridement, gingivectomy, gingivoplasty, gingival curettage, crown lengthening, localized delivery of chemotherapeutic agents, periodontal maintenance procedures.
Advanced Periodontal procedures: bone grafting, soft tissue grafting, regenerative techniques, surgical placement, and maintenance of dental implants.
Oral Surgery procedures: within scope of granted privileges.
Evaluation and non-surgical management of Temporo-mandibular Dysfunction including fabrication of occlusal guards.
Local anesthesia.
Management of pain
Minor Orthodontics: within scope of granted privileges.
Prescriptions
Consultation requests and responses
Dental management of medically compromised patients