Pediatric Dentist

Pediatric Dentist – Faculty / Clinician Educator

More Than a Job, It's a Calling. An opportunity to build the future of Pediatric Dentistry!

 

At Akron Children's, helping patients and families is at the heart of all we do.  We are the only freestanding, independent pediatric hospital in the region, and our compassionate providers are committed to delivering a lasting and meaningful impact.

Whether you're early in your career or a seasoned specialist, you'll find opportunities to expand your skills, pursue leadership roles, participate in research and help shape the future of pediatric health care.

 

If you're ready to make a difference in a collaborative, child-centered environment, we can't wait to meet you!

 

Position Summary: Akron Children's is seeking a compassionate, academically engaged pediatric dentist to join the Division of Pediatric Dentistry as a full-time faculty member. This distinctive opportunity combines advanced hospital-based clinical practice with resident education, BioDente predoctoral teaching, interdisciplinary care, and program development.

In July 2026, Akron Children's will welcome the inaugural class of its newly CODA-accredited pediatric dental residency program. The successful candidate will join the faculty as a founding member, provide comprehensive oral health care for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults with special health care needs, and help shape the program's curriculum, clinical model, culture, and future growth. The patient population includes individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, neurodevelopmental conditions, behavioral support needs, and significant medical complexity.

Reporting relationship: The faculty member reports to the Division Director of Pediatric Dentistry and works closely with the Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program Director.

 

Why This Opportunity Is Different

Build a New Training Program

Help shape curriculum, clinical systems, resident assessment, recruitment, and a culture of excellence for Akron Children's newly established hospital-based pediatric dental residency.

Practice at the Highest Level

Care for children with complex medical, behavioral, developmental, and social needs across outpatient, inpatient, sedation, and operating-room environments.

Build Your Academic and Professional Portfolio

Pursue a focused role in education, quality improvement, clinical research, community engagement, or development of a distinctive interdisciplinary service.

Make Access More Equitable

Advance referral pathways, outreach, transition planning, and inclusive dental care for children and youth who experience the greatest barriers to treatment.

 

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Care and Hospital Dentistry

• Provide comprehensive, evidence-based pediatric dental care in outpatient and hospital settings for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults with special health care needs.

• Deliver preventive, diagnostic, restorative, pulp therapy, minor oral surgical, dentoalveolar trauma, and interceptive orthodontic services within the candidate's training, privileges, and scope of practice.

• Provide behavior guidance and pharmacologic behavior management, including nitrous oxide and sedation as privileged, and dental treatment under general anesthesia, consistent with training, Ohio requirements, credentialing, and hospital privileges.

• Evaluate inpatient and emergency consultations and participate in shared urgent-care, call, and coverage responsibilities as defined by the Division.

• Develop coordinated treatment plans with anesthesiology, hospital medicine, emergency medicine, surgery, hematology/oncology, cardiology, developmental-behavioral pediatrics, complex care, rehabilitation, child life, and other disciplines.

• Serve as a dental home for children and youth with medical complexity, SHCN, IDD, behavioral support needs, and barriers to conventional dental care, consistent with the Division's safety-net mission.

• Maintain timely clinical documentation and meet billing, credentialing, quality, safety, infection-prevention, and regulatory compliance standards.

Faculty Teaching and Learner Development

• Provide direct clinical supervision, instruction, mentorship, assessment, and feedback for pediatric dental residents, BioDente predoctoral dental students, and other affiliated learners.

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