Built for dental.
Backed by Barton.

Dental has its own way of working. Its own clinicians, practices, specialties, credentialing requirements and access challenges. Barton Associates Dental brings that dental focus together with the experience and infrastructure of Barton Associates, giving practices, DSOs and dentists a staffing partner built specifically for dental.
DENTAL STAFFING WITH A CLEAR PURPOSE.

Because continuity of care starts
with the right coverage, at the right time.

Clinician gaps can put more than a chair at risk. They can affect schedules, teams, patient access and practice continuity. Barton Associates Dental exists to keep dental care within reach when coverage changes. We bring together the things that matter when you need dental staffing.

PURPOSE

Keep dental care within reach.

When clinician coverage gaps put access, schedules or practice continuity at risk, we bring the staffing depth and support to keep care moving.

VISION

A future where care reaches every patient, wherever they are.

And where dental professionals can build flexible, supported careers through locum tenens.

MISSION

Connect the right clinicians with the right dental needs.

We bring dental knowledge, clinician relationships and operational support together to make coverage more considered, more coordinated and more accountable.

WHAT WE BELIEVE

Good staffing begins with
good understanding.

We believe the best coverage decisions happen when you look beyond the open position.

Fit matters.

The right clinician for one practice may not be right for another. Experience, workflow and environment all shape a good match.

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Access matters.

A coverage gap can become a patient access problem. Staffing is part of keeping care within reach.

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Clarity matters.

You should know where things stand, what happens next and who owns it.

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People matter.

Clinicians, practices and patients are not transactions. They are the reason the work matters.

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Accountability matters.

We stay with the work, from the first conversation through the assignment.

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OUR ADVANTAGE

Dental and
only dental.

A focused approach to dental staffing, built around the realities of different specialties, settings and coverage needs - for practices, DSOs and dentists.

Dental-specific approach

Dental-specific approach

A team of recruiters, account managers and credentialing specialists who work only in dental.

Wide specialty coverage

Wide specialty coverage

Clinician access across general dentistry and dental specialties.

Full-service execution

Full-service execution

Licensing, credentialing, onboarding and assignment support, connected from start to finish.

Relationships that last

Relationships that last

Long-term relationships with practices, organizations and clinicians, not one-off transactions.

National reach

National reach

Coverage capabilities across markets and communities throughout the country.

Data and technology

Data and technology

Staffing infrastructure that brings technology and operational discipline to the process.

Dental-specific approach

Backed by 25+ years
of locum tenens experience.

Barton Associates Dental is part of Barton Associates, a national healthcare staffing organization specializing in locum tenens.

Founded in 2001, Barton has spent more than 25 years connecting physicians, advanced practice clinicians and dentists with healthcare organizations across the United States. Today, Barton works across 50 states and a broad range of specialties and care environments.

For Barton Associates Dental, Barton’s experience provides the staffing infrastructure, technology, operational support and national reach behind our dedicated dental focus.

25+
Years locum tenens experience
1M+
Pre-vetted clinicians
50
States covered
149+
Subspecialties supported

National reach.
Local understanding.

Barton’s teams work across the country, bringing national staffing capabilities closer to the communities and organizations they serve.

Keeping people and practices connected.

So care reaches every chair.