For practices
Recruiting an orthodontist.
With us, recruitment doesn’t start with a job advert but with a visit to your practice.
- Candidates
- Usually threeall worth interviewing
- First profiles
- Within a few weeksafter the practice visit
- Guarantee
- One replacementfree of charge if it doesn’t work out during probation
Why this comes up so often.
An orthodontist vacancy that just won’t fill costs more than you think: waiting time, pressure on the team, and at some point patients too.
In orthodontics everything runs in courses of treatment that last months: if the clinician drops out, patients are left waiting with braces that need checking. That is different from a gap in the schedule — it affects treatments already under way, and putting them off is rarely an option.
Honestly: we don’t make promises about the total lead time. That depends just as much on your own process — how quickly you schedule interviews, how you build your offer. We are happy to think along on that, because that is often exactly where a good candidate drops out.
How it works.
We visit first
What does this person need to be able to do, how does the day run, and who will the new colleague be working alongside? Without that picture you are just sending CVs back and forth.
Into the network, with purpose
We approach people personally. No advert that turns up everywhere at once — in a small world, that does your name no favours.
A handful of candidates, not a stack
Usually three, all worth interviewing. You conduct the interviews; we guide the process until the signature is in place, and we stay in touch after that.
Also possible.
Orthodontist, other arrangement
Frequently asked questions.
How do I find an orthodontist for my orthodontic practice?
Denta Staffing recruits orthodontists for orthodontic practices in the Netherlands and Belgium. We visit first, approach people personally and usually put forward three candidates; you get the first profiles within a few weeks of the practice visit.
What does it cost to recruit an orthodontist?
At Denta Staffing, a percentage of the gross annual income including holiday allowance, depending on the role group, with a minimum fee. The range is under costs on frequently asked questions, and we work it out for you before you commit to anything.
What does an orthodontist earn?
Roughly € 4.500 to € 8.000 gross per month salaried, full-time, with ± € 6.000 as the midpoint. For specific specialisms or more seniority, we also see higher salaries in the market.
Permanent, locum or self-employed: what suits an orthodontist?
Permanent recruitment if you want someone on your staff for good. When someone drops out, a locum orthodontist, for a day up to a few months. A self-employed professional if the work is genuinely independent; if that doesn't fit, permanent recruitment is the route.
How many candidates will I see?
Usually three. Rather a few people who are all worth interviewing than a stack of CVs for you to wade through. And if the first one is a match straight away, you won’t hear us complain.
Do I have to work with you exclusively?
Yes, for three months. Not to tie you down, but because we invest up front: coming to you, getting to know your practice, approaching people personally. With four agencies calling the same orthodontists, you become the practice that turns up everywhere, and that doesn’t help you. If a candidate contacts you directly during that period, we take it over.
Can it be done discreetly?
Yes. Sometimes you want to look for someone without your team or the practice around the corner knowing. Then we recruit without naming you, and only say who you are once a candidate is serious and you give the go-ahead.
What do you look for in an orthodontist?
Entry in the register of dental specialists alongside BIG registration, experience with both fixed appliances and aligners, and whether someone is used to running their own clinical team. A generalist matches on keywords; we speak to the people ourselves.
