Dentist - Prosthodontics

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.

Qualifications:

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Dentist Basic Requirements

• CITIZENSHIP: Citizen of the United States. (Noncitizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with section A, chapter 3, paragraph 3g, this part.)
• EDUCATION: A degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery or dental medicine resulting from a course of education in dentistry. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed. (Transcripts with conferred degree or copy of diploma must be provided) Approved schools are:
  • (1) United States and Canadian schools of dentistry listed by the Commission on Dental Accreditation(CODA), in the list published for the year in which the course of study was completed.
  • (2) Schools (including foreign schools) accepted by the licensing body of a State, Territory, or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico), or the District of Columbia as qualifying for full and unrestricted licensure provided the licensure requirements include a written examination measuring science achievement and a performance examination measuring clinical competence certification, and must obtain a copy of the ECFMG certificate, if claimed by the applicant. ~AND~
• RESIDENCY: Completion of an approved residency program in general practice or specialty, or comparable experience as a dentist actively involved in treating medically compromised patients. ~AND~
• LICENSURE AND REGISTRATION: Currently hold, or will hold, a current, full and unrestricted license to practice dentistry in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia. Note: Dentists must maintain current registration in the State of licensure if this is a requirement for continuing active, current licensure.

Preferred Experience: Previous experience with conducting lectures, mentoring and teaching. Experience with additive and subtractive digital dentistry

Grade Determinations:

Staff Dentist. An individual that demonstrates the ability in the field of general dentistry or a dental specialty who is employed to perform the duties related to various professional activities of patient care and treatment without supervision. In addition to meeting the basic requirements, applicants must demonstrate ability in the general practice of dentistry; be capable of assisting in maintaining accepted standards of professional care in VA facilities; and be capable of accepting full responsibility for the proper care and treatment of assigned patients.

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

Physical Requirements: Long periods of sitting and recurring bending and reaching are required while performing dental hygiene procedure. The General Dentist must also demonstrate above average dexterity in manipulating dental instruments and materials.

Responsibilities:

Washington DC VA Medical Center is filling one vacancy for a Dentist - Prosthodontics, VM-0680-15.

Opening Date: October 30, 2025
Closing Date: May 1, 2026
Cut-Off Dates: November 13, 2025, November 28, 2025, December 11, 2025, December 26, 2025, January 8, 2026, January 22, 2026, February 5, 2026, February 19, 2026, March 5, 2026, March 19, 2026, April 2, 2026, April 16, 2026, April 30, 2026.

The cut-off dates will be used to evaluate candidates for the initial available vacancies.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

Customer service

• Relationships with management, co-workers, patients, and the public are consistently courteous, respectful, and cooperative in nature.
• Employee will display a cooperative attitude and will effectively work together to implement the organization's mission and goals and support performance measures.
• Employee will ensure productivity is maintained at the established level utilizing recommended Central Office Relative Value Unit (RVU) requirements.

Patient care

• Comprehensive prosthodontics examination, consultation, overall restorative treatment planning
• Complete and partial overdentures, involving the combination case syndrome
• Fixed and removable prostheses involving precision attachments
• Prosthodontic treatment of malposed teeth, occlusal plane discrepancies, changes to the existing vertical dimension of occlusion with or without concomitant restoration of anterior guidance
• Full veneer ceramic restorations, as well as ceramic inlays and onlays
• Oral reconstruction to include, but not limited to opposing quadrants restored with fixed prostheses, techniques involving functionally generated path or fully adjustable instruments
• Complete dentures involving complicated occlusal schemes
• Complete dentures involving cast metal bases or cast metal occlusals
• Single unit complete dentures opposing natural dentition (complicated)
• Dentures on surgically augmented residual ridges
• Nonsurgical management of temporomandibular disorders
• Minor tooth movement (fixed appliances)
• Intraoral maxillofacial prostheses and repairs
• Prostheses on intraoral osseointegrated fixtures
• Treatment of Sleep Apnea
• All Prosthodontic Diagnostic Index Class III and IV cases

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.Contact VISN5HREDRPCoordinators@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more

Salary : $123,077 - $200,000