Dentist (Comprehensive Dentistry)

Military Treatment Facilities under DHA • Quantico, VA

12h • Onsite

About The Position

This position is located at Naval Base Health Clinic Quantico and provides comprehensive dentistry, integrating restorative dentistry, prosthodontics, periodontics, endodontics, oral surgery, preventive dentistry, and other specialty services. The dentist develops care to achieve patient treatment goals involving aesthetics, function, structural integrity, and biological needs. The role coordinates multidisciplinary care with dental and medical specialists, adapts conventional treatment approaches for medically compromised patients, and provides patient-centered care throughout treatment. Care is documented in approved electronic health record systems.

The dentist serves as a primary clinical consultant, collaborating with dentists, specialists, physicians, hygienists, residents, and allied health professionals to develop integrated treatment strategies. The position also leads or participates in peer review, patient safety, infection prevention, quality assurance, credentialing, and performance improvement initiatives, and mentors dental team members in comprehensive dentistry, multidisciplinary treatment planning, and evidence-based practice.

Requirements

• Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) or Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree from an appropriately approved or accredited school.
• Passed the National Board Dental Examinations (NBDE).
• Current, full, and unrestricted license to practice dentistry in a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or a U.S. territory.
• Meet one of the following experience pathways: completion of a three-year residency program in dentistry, oral health, craniofacial sciences, or related medical science; three years of professional dentistry experience and/or training equivalent to the next lower grade level (GP-12); or a combination of qualifying residency and professional dentistry experience and/or training totaling at least three years.
• Ability to distinguish shades of color.
• U.S. citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive dentistry integrating restorative dentistry, prosthodontics, periodontics, endodontics, oral surgery, preventive dentistry, and other specialty services.
• Develop and provide treatment to address patients’ aesthetic, functional, structural-integrity, and biological needs.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary care with dental and medical specialists, adapting treatment approaches for medically compromised patients.
• Provide patient-centered care throughout the patient’s treatment journey.
• Document care in approved electronic health record systems.
• Collaborate with dentists, specialists, physicians, hygienists, residents, and allied health professionals to develop integrated treatment strategies.
• Lead or participate in peer review, patient safety, infection prevention, quality assurance, credentialing, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Mentor dentists, residents, hygienists, and dental assistants in comprehensive dentistry, multidisciplinary treatment planning, and evidence-based practice.

Benefits

• Comprehensive federal employee benefits package for eligible employees.
• Recruitment or relocation incentives may be authorized for highly qualified candidates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree