Employment Opportunities
The Access to Care Committee is responsible for reviewing and approving all job opportunity submissions to ensure that listings meet organizational standards. Approved job postings are published on the AAOP website for a duration of 90 days.
Associate Dentist for Orofacial Pain and Sleep Disorders Practice
We are seeking an empathetic, personable, and passionate dentist to join our central Illinois practice as an associate. Whether you’re a new graduate or an experienced clinician seeking mentorship and a new challenge beyond general dentistry, this established Orofacial Pain and Sleep Disorder practice may be the perfect fit.
Applicants must have completed or be in the process of completing an accredited Orofacial Pain residency program or be board-certified by the American Board of Orofacial Pain. You must be eligible for licensure in Illinois.
Practice Locations:
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East Peoria, IL
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Bloomington-Normal, IL
Practice Scope:
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Full-scope Orofacial Pain/TMD and Dental Sleep Medicine
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Mentorship under Dr. Jack Walz, Diplomate ABOP and Fellow AAOP
Requirements:
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Graduate of a residency program or ABOP certification
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Clinical experience required
Compensation & Benefits:
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Estimated income: $300,000+ based on full-time production
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100% fee-for-service (no insurance assignment)
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Benefits include:
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IRA
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Health insurance
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Relocation assistance
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Continuing education assistance
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Housing support
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Partnership/ownership opportunities available
About the Practice:
At Central Illinois Center for TMJ and Facial Pain, we’ve been offering solutions for orofacial pain, headaches, and dental sleep disorders since 1982. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional, specialized care in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Position Type: Employee
Start Date: 7/1/25
Contact: Dr. Jack Walz
📞 (309) 699-1300
✉️ info@tmjcenterforpain.com
OFP Associate Dentist
We have an immediate opening for a full-time Orofacial Pain (OFP) associate dentist in a well-established practice of 37 years, with two locations. Our practice is exclusively focused on orofacial pain and TMD, and is the largest of its kind in the Chicago Metro area, supported by a broad base of medical and dental referrals and hospital affiliations.
This is a fee-for-service (cash-based) practice and not insurance-dependent. A partnership buy-in opportunity may be available in 2026.
If interested, please forward your CV to:
✉️ tmjcenter@yahoo.com
📞 Or call and ask to speak with Sandy, our office manager, at (815) 730-0909
Location: Shorewood / Burr Ridge, Illinois
Team Size: 2 to 4
Position Type: Full-time associate working with owner doctor and another associate
Requirements: Minimum of 1 year experience or completion of an OFP residency
Compensation: Estimated $200,000/year
Practice Environment: Extremely busy, well-organized, experienced staff
Employment Type: Employee
Start Date: 4/1/25
Contact Name: Sandy
Phone: (815) 730-0909
Email: tmjcenter@yahoo.com
Orofacial Pain Practice for Sale – Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
Well-established and highly reputable practice specializing in TMJ, sleep dentistry and orofacial pain available for immediate purchase in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Located in a spacious, stand-alone medical professional building that is to be acquired concurrently with the practice.
Large, well-maintained office with seven (7) total treatment operatories, six (6) of which are fully equipped. Mostly Fee for Service patient base with over 850 active patients visited in the past 24 months. Expansive referral network including medical practitioners and now accepts some medical insurances. Average annual revenue of ~$460,0000 over the past three years. Seller is a board-certified member of the AAOP and is only seeing patients 3 days a week. Seller is ready to retire, but will provide a transition for an incoming Purchaser.
Please contact Lewis Health Profession Services for more information.
📞 (972) 437-1180
✉️ info@lewishealth.com
Location: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
Experience Required: 2 to 4 years
Role: Owner and main provider
Practice Focus: Non-surgical TMJ disorders, craniofacial pain, chronic headaches, and sleep disorders
Practice Culture: Compassionate, patient-centered, and professionally guided by a board-certified expert in a supportive, modern environment
Available: 6/1/25
Contact: Anthony Rizzo
📞 972-437-1180
✉️ anthony@lewishealth.com
Milwaukee, WI
We are looking for an OFP specialist to join a well-established practice (42 years /5 Locations) focused exclusively on orofacial pain/TMD, dental sleep medicine and oral medicine.
Our privately owned Wisconsin Institution is one of the largest practices in the country and has an outstanding reputation and extremely large medical and dental referral network. Interested providers should preferably be residency trained and/or ABOP certified or board eligible.
Providers earn substantial compensation plus benefits, with the possibility to buy in.
If interested, please forward CV to infotmjtreatment@gmail.com or leave a message for Matt Merlo (Director of Business Development) at 262-501-3755
Dallas Area TMD Specialist Clinic for Sale
Dallas Area TMD Specialist Clinic for Sale
Well-established, fee-for-service practice with an outstanding reputation and large medical and dental referral network. The doctor is willing to stay for the transition. Prefer a board-certified doctor or a graduate of an orofacial pain program. 5 well-equipped ops in a desirable location with >$825K annual revenue.
Please register at http://phasetwodental.com/
Columbia University College of Dental Medicine
Faculty Position
The Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and New York-Presbyterian Hospital invites applications for a full-time faculty position, at the Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor level, tenure track to serve as faculty in Orofacial Pain, Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.
Role: Reporting to the Chair for Section of Hospital Dentistry and Director of the Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, the incumbent’s responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: conduct research and include clinical and didactic teaching at the pre- and postdoctoral level, as well as patient care in the Orofacial Pain Clinical and the OFP faculty practice. The successful applicant will be responsible for developing an independent line of investigation that advances health research and establishes the individual as a nationally and internationally recognized leader in the field. This includes seeking external funding to support innovative behavioral health science research, dissemination of findings through peer-reviewed research publications, and presentations at local, national and international scientific conferences and meetings. The successful applicant will also contribute to the didactic and clinical teaching responsibilities of the College and will be expected to teach, mentor and advise predoctoral and postdoctoral students and residents. Service to the College and the University will include membership in various committees and working groups. The research, teaching and service activities of the applicant should also be in alignment with, and contribute to the advancement of, the College of Dental Medicine’s mission and that of Columbia University and support interprofessional education, practice and service initiatives.
Qualifications
Requirements: DDS or DMD degree from an ADA-accredited dental school, A strong track record of extramural grant funding as well as experience in the clinical management of patients with orofacial pain and dental sleep medicine are preferred.
The ideal candidate must have completed an accredited OFP training program or equivalent with board eligibility/certification. New York State dental license, or the ability to obtain NYS licensure, is required.
Application Instructions
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran
Application Instructions: Please send your curriculum vitae and the names of three references to:
Dr. Jennifer P. Bassiur
Associate Professor, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Columbia University College of Dental Medicine
630 West 168th Street – Box 20
New York, N.Y. 10032
Or apply directly online using the following link: http://apply.interfolio.com/112330
Or e-mail Dr. Bassiur directly at: jpb2133@cumc.columbia.edu
Columbia University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.
The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC seeks qualified applicants for a full-time track position at the rank of Associate Professor of Clinical Dentistry in the department of Diagnostic Sciences. Primary responsibilities will include assignments on projects involving teaching modules and didactic training modules exclusively designed for the Online Masters of Science Program and the Certificate Program in Orofacial Pain. Candidates with additional training beyond a DDS will be given preference (MS degree, PhD or equivalent). The candidate must be comfortable with both Oral Medicine and Orofacial Pain topics, be able to teach Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Immunology and Infectious disease as well as TMJ, OFP, Headache and Sleep Apnea. Be able to clinically supervise onsite residents in OFP and Oral Medicine. Be able to supervise research efforts of OFP advanced standing students and have a demonstrated ability to conduct clinically oriented research.
Link to apply: https://facultypositions.usc.edu/FAS/application/step1?requisitionId=REQ20119781
Adams School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Adams School of Dentistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is inviting applicants for an Orofacial Pain faculty appointment. This is a fixed-term academic appointment that will include clinical and didactic teaching at the pre- and post-DDS level including the CODA-accredited Orofacial Pain Residency Program, research activity, patient care at the Orofacial Pain Clinic, and service. This represents a unique and challenging opportunity to become a leading facilitator in higher education in Orofacial Pain and Interprofessional pain education, and to join a multidisciplinary team of pain clinicians in the delivery of care for patients suffering from chronic orofacial pain and comorbid pain conditions. In addition, there is the exciting opportunity to collaborate in ongoing pain research in key areas ranging from pain neurobiology to translational pain medicine.
https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/226113
Application Deadline: 05/01/2022
For info or questions, pls email PeiFeng_Lim@unc.edu
New York City
www.DoctorTMJ.com / @TMJdoctor
Career Opportunity for an Orofacial Pain Specialist to join our team!
About Our Practice:
We are a rapidly growing Orofacial Pain, TMD and Dental Sleep Medicine practice in New York City. Since the inception of our practice, our focus has been to render the highest level of evidence-based care for TMD and orofacial pain patients. We limit our practice to OFP only.Our mission is to raise awareness for these conditions, and to educate the public and healthcare community on the appropriate care via publications, social media and lecturing engagements.
What We Offer:• Newest technologies including Cone-Beam CT imaging, intraoral scanners and milling/3D printing• New office space built in the Winter of 2020 in the heart of New York City (Park Ave and 36th Street)• 90% Orofacial Pain & TMD, and 10% Dental Sleep Medicine. Although we are happy to expand on dental sleep medicine if that suits your interests• Full scope of Orofacial Pain including injection therapies (Botox, nerve blocks, trigger point, steroids, hyaluronic acid, etc.), appliances, and medication management• Mentorship under Dr. Nojan Bakhtiari (AAOP council, current lecturer/past professor at Columbia University and University of Connecticut)Your Qualities and Job Requirements:We are looking for a motivated associate interested in growing with our practice and aligned with our practice’s vision and mission.• You must have completed an accredited Orofacial Pain residency program• We prefer if you are board-certified (or are in the process of board-certification) with the American Board of Orofacial Pain• You must be eligible for a license in New York statePlease email your resume and contact information to Careers@doctorTMJ.com / www.DoctorTMJ.com
1) Associate Professor , SDM Oral Diagnostic Sciences, SUNY.
2) Rank (TBD) , OMFS, Nova Southeastern University
3) Clinical assistant/Associate professor, dept. Oral Pathology Radiology and Medicine, University of Missouri -Kansas City
4) Assistant/Associate professor, LSU health Sciences Center New Orleans.
Orofacial Pain Provider Needed
Scottdale, AZ
Looking for Motivated 0FP provider to join busy OFP practice in Scottsdale AZ. Must be ABOP certified or board eligible for exam. Practice is progressive and evidence based. Cash based, not dependent on insurance. Typical full time providers will earn $300k per year with benefits.
We also have office ownership opportunities for other locations.
Please visit our website at www.headpaininstitute.com
If interested email me at drfarrell@headpaininstitute.com or leave message on my cell at 602-301-9000. Look forward to speaking with you, Stan Farrell
OFP Associate Opportunity in Northern California
Full or Part Time position
Must be Board certified or eligible for board certification
For more information, please email or send CV to: painandheadaches@gmail.com
Prosth and facial pain-based practice for sale in Palm Beach County Florida
3 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. This is 100% FFS practice has been widely known through South Florida for the last 30 years.
The condo also for sale which totals 1250 sq. ft. with 3 operatory’s remodeled recently, digital x-rays computer system, intra oral camera and laser.
The seller is willing to make the transitional period as smooth as it could be.
If you are interested in knowing more, please email to bocaprosthodontics@gmail.com
Northern Colorado TMJ/Sleep
Highly regarded TMJ/Sleep practice for sale. The entire office is newly remodeled with the best technology available. 3 patient chairs. Seller will mentor or aid in the transition. Collecting $822,000.
Call Tyler and Jerry Weston at 303-526-0448
tyler@dentaltrans.com
www.dentaltrans.com
