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Get access to high-paying dental jobs with flexible schedules, faster placements, and the career respect you deserve.
Love dentistry. Tired of what your day looks like? You’re not alone — and you do have options.
Find your next role in 60 seconds.
A real recruiter calls within one business day. No bots.
We never share your info with an office without your permission.
Love dentistry. Tired of what your day looks like? You’re not alone — and you do have options.
We help dental hygienists, assistants, front desk, office managers, and dentists across DC, Maryland, and Virginia find work that actually fits their life — whether that’s flexible temp shifts that pay 20–40% more per hour, or a permanent placement at an office you’d be proud to call home.
Temp shifts that pay 20–40% more, or a permanent role at an office you’d actually want — across DC, MD, and VA.
Free to join · DMV-vetted offices only · No spam · No long process
Find your next role in 60 seconds.
A real recruiter calls within one business day. No bots.
We never share your info with an office without your permission.
If any of this hits home, you’re in
the right place.
60 %
of dental hygienists experiencing burnout
56 %
report workplace bullying in their dental office
44 %
haven't received a raise in the last 2 years
1 in 4
dental assistants changed jobs in the last 12 months
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Here’s what we hear from dental pros across the DMV.
“I didn’t want to leave dentistry. I wanted to leave my office.” — RDH, Montgomery County
If your nights end with a heating pad on your back and a knot in your stomach about going in tomorrow, you’re not weak and you’re not difficult. The profession has changed. Patient counts are up, appointment times are down, and “culture” in too many offices is whatever the loudest person in the breakroom decides it is. There’s a better way to do this work — and we built CoreEthos to help you find it.
If this sounds familiar...
You haven’t had a real raise in two years and you’re tired of asking.
You’ve been called “negative” for setting one boundary.
You love patient care but you’re scaling 14 patients a day and your hands are gone.
You’d trade some income for a schedule that lets you pick up your kids.
You’re great at the front desk but the doctor still calls you “the receptionist.”
You’re running the practice but only the dentist gets credit when it’s up.
You’re an associate carrying $300K in debt and praying production stays high.
Spots in our CoreTalent Network
fill quickly each month — don’t wait!
Two real options. Pick the one that fits your life.
You don’t have to choose forever. A lot of our pros start with temp shifts to test the waters, then take a permanent role at an office they actually liked working in.
Flexible Temp & PRN Work
You don’t have to choose forever. A lot of our pros start with temp shifts to test the waters, then take a permanent role at an office they actually liked working in.
Pay typically 20–40% above permanent rates
1099 independent contractor — keep more per shift, write off mileage, scrubs, license fees, and CE at tax time
Pick the days, the offices, and the rates before you accept
DMV-vetted practices only — we screen offices, not just candidates
No minimum hours, no penalty for declining shifts
A Permanent Role You’d Actually Want
When you’re ready to land somewhere that fits — not just any office that’s hiring.
Hand-matched to offices based on culture, pay, leadership, and your real priorities
100% free to candidates — the practice pays our fee, you never do
We pre-vet the office (yes, the office) before recommending it
90-day check-ins after you start — we don’t place and disappear
If the fit is wrong, we re-place you at no cost
Every dental role. One application. One call back.
From a single shift to a permanent home, CoreEthos places every role that keeps a dental practice running — across DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
Dental Assistant
You’re not just chairside support. You’re the reason that practice runs.
Average DA pay in 2025 is $26.96/hour and 70% of practices say it’s “very” or “extremely” hard to find DAs they trust. That’s leverage you can use — and we’ll help you use it. Whether you want to pick up extra shifts or land a permanent role at a practice that respects your scope, we’ll match you.
Dental Hygienist
If your back hurts, your schedule’s impossible, and your raise never came — you’re not alone.
60.6% of hygienists report burnout. 56% report workplace bullying. 44% haven’t had a raise in 2 years. You don’t have to leave the profession — you might just need to leave the office. Temp shifts can pay 20–40% more per hour, and our perm placements are pre-vetted for culture, not just chair count.
Front Desk / Admin
You’re running insurance, billing, scheduling, and difficult money conversations — all at once.
Constant task-switching cuts cognitive performance by up to 40%, and the front desk role has expanded into something nobody wrote a job description for. We place front desk pros into practices that have systems, support, and managers who get what the role really requires — software fluency (Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental), insurance literacy, and patient experience expertise included.
Front Desk / Admin
You own the P&L, the schedule, the team — and your pay satisfaction just dropped to 42.6%.
Office manager pay satisfaction fell from 49.3% in 2023 to 42.6% in 2025, while the workload kept climbing. We place managers into practices where leadership trusts you, the comp matches the responsibility, and the doctor lets you run what you’re hired to run.
General Dentist
$300K in debt and a production schedule that doesn’t care about your weekends. There’s a better deal.
The Class of 2025 carries an average $297,800 in dental school debt. We don’t pretend that’s small. We place associates into DMV practices with realistic production targets, mentorship from seasoned owners, and comp structures that actually move the needle on the loans. Verified DDS/DMD licensure, DEA, malpractice, and recent clinical production checked before we recommend you anywhere.
How it works.
From form to first shift (or first interview).
Tell us what you’re looking for. Takes 60 seconds.
Fill out the short form below — your role, whether you want temp/PRN, permanent, or both, and where in the DMV you are. That’s it. No resume required at this stage.
A real CoreEthos recruiter calls you, not a bot.
Within one business day, a real person on our team gives you a call to learn what you actually want: pay, hours, commute, culture, what’s a deal-breaker. We listen first. We don’t pitch.
We match you and
we stay on it.
We send you only opportunities that match what you told us. You decide what to take. After you’re placed, we check in at 30, 60, and 90 days. If something’s off, we fix it or we re-place you.
Still on the fence? Here’s the short version.
Free to join. Free to talk. Free to walk away.
1099 contractor structure on temp shifts — higher gross pay than typical W-2 work, plus business write-offs you can’t take as an employee
DMV-only. We know the offices. We know the owners. We know who treats people right and who doesn’t.
A real recruiter, not a chatbot, works your search from day one.
You’ll never pay us. The practice does.
If the fit is wrong, we re-place you at no cost. We don’t place and disappear.
Built by veteran. For people who give a damn.
CoreEthos Group was founded by a U.S. military veteran who believes the same values that define great military service — integrity, mission focus, discipline, and loyalty — are exactly what dental staffing has been missing.
We started CoreEthos because we got tired of watching brilliant dental professionals leave the field they loved over things that should’ve been fixable: bad managers, broken schedules, pay that hadn’t moved in years, and agencies that treated them like a number on a spreadsheet.
Every candidate we place — hygienist, assistant, front desk, office manager, or dentist — gets the same thing: a real recruiter, a vetted office, and someone who checks in after you start. That’s the standard. That’s the whole point.
MEET THE FOUNDER & CEO
Jason Williams, Founder & CEO, CoreEthos Group
“I started CoreEthos because dental practices deserve a staffing partner who shows up with the same commitment and accountability I learned in uniform. That’s the standard we hold ourselves to every day.”
Made it this far? Let’s talk.
We onboard a limited number of new dental pros each week to keep the personal touch real. Spots fill quickly.
Find your next role in 60 seconds.
A real recruiter calls within one business day. No bots.
We never share your info with an office without your permission.
Questions we hear all the time.
Is this really free for me? Yes. CoreEthos is paid by the practice, not the candidate. You will never pay us a dollar — for temp shifts, for permanent placement, for anything.
Do I have to leave my current job to apply? No. A lot of our hygienists and DAs use temp shifts to bridge income while they’re still in their main job, then transition out when they’re ready. We work on your timeline, not ours.
Are temp shifts W-2 or 1099? Our temp shifts are 1099 — you’re paid per shift as an independent contractor. The upside: typically higher gross hourly than equivalent W-2 work, total flexibility on which shifts you take, and the ability to write off business expenses (mileage, scrubs, license fees, CE) at tax time. Heads up: with 1099 you’re responsible for your own self-employment taxes, so plan to set aside roughly 25–30% of each payment for taxes. We’re happy to walk you through what that looks like before you take your first shift.
Will my current employer find out I’m looking? Not from us. We never share your info with an office without your explicit permission. Your search is confidential.
What happens if I take a permanent role and it’s not the right fit? We re-place you at no cost. We do 30-, 60-, and 90-day check-ins after you start, and if something is off, we’ll work to fix it with the office or move you somewhere better.
I’m not 100% sure I want to leave. Can I still talk to someone? Yes. We do free, no-pressure career conversations all the time. A 20-minute call to figure out what your options actually look like is exactly the kind of thing we’re here for.
You don’t have to figure this out alone.
One short form. One real conversation. Zero pressure. That’s how this starts.