Source dentists and hygienists who are not on job boards
Describe the role. Expa finds the dental professionals in your market, reaches out, screens the ones who reply, and books your interviews. About ten minutes of your time.
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370K+ dentists and hygienists • 95% with verified personal data
Ten minutes, three steps
What happens after you hit start
Describe the role
Paste a job description or say it in plain English. No boolean strings, no filters to learn, no sourcing skill required.
Approve the shortlist
Expa finds the dental professionals, contacts them, follows up, and screens the ones who reply. You approve or reject.
Take the interviews
Approved candidates land in your calendar. That is the whole job on your side.
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How Expa sources dental professionals
Expa is an AI-powered healthcare recruiting and clinician sourcing platform. It identifies licensed dental professionals who are in-market, verifies their contact details, runs outreach over email, SMS and LinkedIn until they reply, screens the ones who respond, and books interviews with the candidates you approve.
There are 149,300 dentists and 221,600 dental hygienists in the United States. The hygienist vacancy is the one that hurts, because a chair without a hygienist is not an inconvenience, it is revenue that does not happen and patients who go somewhere else. Multi-site groups feel it worst: every location needs its own hire in its own local market, and a DSO with a dozen practices is running a dozen separate searches at once.
Expa searches on license type and state, practice setting, dental specialty and years of experience, covering dentists across general and specialty practice, hygienists, and new graduates from both dental and hygiene programs.
Where dental professionals sit in the clinical workforce
| Profession | Employed in the U.S. |
|---|---|
| Registered nurses | 3,391,000 |
| Physicians and surgeons | 839,000 |
| Dental professionals | 370,900 |
| Clinical laboratory | 351,200 |
| Nurse practitioners | 320,400 |
| Radiologic technologists | 272,000 |
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024 employment. These are national totals. The number inside your hiring radius is a small fraction of them, which is the entire problem.
Dental professionals near Boise right now
A sample of what a search returns. Identifying details stay hidden until you start.
Boise, ID • 5 miles
8 years • general practice
Meridian, ID • 12 miles
11 years • associate seeking partnership track
Nampa, ID • 17 miles
Licensed 6 weeks ago
No names, no photos, no current employers, no license numbers.
Why dental roles stay open
An empty chair is revenue, not just a vacancy
Hygienist shortages cap practice capacity directly. The cost of the open role shows up in production every week it stays open.
Every location is its own market
A multi-site group cannot run one search. It runs one per location, and each local pool is small.
Hygienists have options and know it
They are recruited constantly and move over schedule, commute and practice culture rather than title. Outreach that names those things gets answered.
Where dental professionals get hired
Questions
How many dentists and dental hygienists are there in the US?
149,300 dentists and 221,600 dental hygienists, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hygienists are the larger group and usually the harder hire.
Why are dental hygienists so hard to hire?
Because demand is tied directly to practice capacity. Every open hygiene chair is production that does not happen, so practices escalate quickly and compete hard for the same local people. Hygienists are recruited constantly and move over schedule, commute and practice culture rather than over job titles.
Can you hire across multiple locations at once?
Yes, and it is the normal case for dental groups and DSOs. Each location runs its own local search, because a hygienist in one suburb is not a candidate for a practice forty minutes away. Multi-site hiring is what the managed plan is designed for.
Can you search by dental specialty?
Yes. General, pediatric, endodontics, oral surgery, orthodontics and periodontics, plus license type, state licensure and practice setting.
Can you find new graduates?
Yes. Expa surfaces students finishing dental and dental hygiene programs and clinicians in their first weeks of licensure. For hygiene in particular, new graduates are hired almost immediately after licensure.
Do I have to do the sourcing myself?
No. You describe the role and approve a shortlist. Expa does the searching, the outreach, the follow-up and the screening, then books interviews with the candidates you approve. It takes about ten minutes of your time.
How fast will I see candidates?
A slate of interested, contactable dental professionals within 48 hours of starting, often within 24. Time to hire from there depends on your interview process.
How much does Expa cost?
You can start free. For ongoing hiring, Expa pilots start at $6,000 for three months and cover all your open roles, with no per-placement fees. For comparison, a contingency agency placing a single dental professional typically charges 15% to 22% of first-year salary.
Start hiring dental professionals in about ten minutes
Describe the role, approve a shortlist, take the interviews.
Hiring across multiple sites or six or more roles?
Managed sourcing for multi-site groups, health systems and staffing agencies. Pilots from $6,000 for three months, covering all your open roles.