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An HR recruitment marketing agency for dental practices helps practices, dental groups and DSOs hire hygienists, assistants, front desk staff and dentists. It writes the job ads and runs them on social media, search and job boards, builds careers pages and hiring videos, and shapes an employer brand that makes candidates choose one practice over another.
We kept only firms whose own sites show a recruitment marketing, recruiting ad or recruiting video service plus dental hiring work. Services, addresses and clients were checked by hand. Eight of the eleven are in the United States and three are in the UK, with one of those also running offices in Boston and Toronto.
What are the best HR recruitment marketing agencies for dental practices?
The eleven external firms below all sell recruitment marketing, recruiting ads or recruiting video on their own sites and show dental hiring work. Nine name a dental client, one works only with dental practices, and none publishes a price.
1. Web Tonic
About: Web Tonic runs recruitment marketing for dental practices, dental groups and DSOs through our growth marketing team, from employer brand messaging and paid social and search job ads for hygienists, assistants and dentists to careers landing pages and fast applicant follow-up. Every campaign is judged on qualified applicants and hires rather than on clicks, so budget moves to the roles and locations that actually fill the chair.
Key Services: Growth Marketing, Paid Social, PPC, Meta Ads, SEO, Google Ads, Snapchat Ads, Amazon Ads, Reddit Ads, TikTok Ads, TikTok Shop, GEO-AEO, Webflow Design, Shopify Design, WordPress Design, UGC, Social Media Management, Pay Per Click Management, Marketing Analytics, Analytics Implementation & CDPs, Performance Branding, Performance 360° Audit, Programmatic Ads, OOH Ads, HR Marketing
Industries Served: eCommerce, SaaS, B2B, Construction Professionals, Home Services, SMEs, Health Spa & Wellness, Retail, Legal & Judicial Services, Food & Beverages, Pets, Fitness, Family & Children, Finance & Insurance, Travel, Non-Profits & Organizations, Furniture & Decoration
Notable Clients: WorldRemit, Jack & Jones, Ardene, L’Oréal, Sendwave, Nestlé, Airbnb. Serve Fortune 500 companies and smaller fast-paced startups.
Locations: Local US office, with the main HQ in San Francisco and notable offices in New York, Chicago, Miami, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai, Singapore, Sydney and more. Offices on five continents.
Pricing: Starting at USD $3,000 per month. Flexible and scalable plans at any time according to your enterprise needs. Book a call to learn more.
Great For: Mid-market to enterprise-level businesses requiring ongoing, on-tap growth and performance marketing services.
Website: Web Tonic
2. Ten Feet Tall
About: Ten Feet Tall is an independent branding agency on Broad Street in Boston, founded in 1986 as KHJ Brand Activation. It ran a dentist recruitment campaign for Aspen Dental, which needed to hire enough qualified dentists to keep up with its growth.
Key Services: Recruitment and retention campaigns, Brand positioning, Digital advertising, Candidate lead nurture, Brand alignment, Customer acquisition
Industries Served: Healthcare, Dental, Banking, Education, Manufacturing
Notable Clients: Aspen Dental, WellSense, Kennebunk Savings, Harvard Federal Credit Union
Locations: Boston, Massachusetts
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Dental networks hiring dentists at scale, DSOs that want lead nurture for candidates, Purpose-led healthcare employers
Website: Ten Feet Tall
3. Creed Comms
About: Creed Comms is an employer brand agency at Tabley Court in Altrincham, near Manchester, that has built employer brands since 2007. Its 'Your future' work for mydentist, the UK's largest dental provider, covered employer branding for clinical recruitment.
Key Services: Employer branding, Talent attraction, Recruitment media, Creative and content, Talent insights, Employee experience
Industries Served: Dental, Retail, Care, Logistics, Luxury
Notable Clients: mydentist, Northern
Locations: Altrincham, United Kingdom
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Dental groups hiring dentists and nurses, Care and retail employers hiring at volume, Teams that need media and creative from one agency
Website: Creed Comms
4. NAS Recruitment Innovation
About: NAS Recruitment Innovation is a recruitment marketing and employer brand agency based on Office Center Drive in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Its dental practice helps private practices, group practices and DSOs attract hygienists and dentists, and Great Expressions Dental Centers is among its clients.
Key Services: Recruitment marketing strategy, Employer branding, Programmatic job advertising, Paid social recruitment, Career sites, PPC for recruitment
Industries Served: Dental, Healthcare, Restaurants, Manufacturing, Financial services
Notable Clients: Great Expressions Dental Centers, MetroHealth, TriHealth, The Christ Hospital Health Network, South Shore Health
Locations: Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: DSOs hiring hygienists across states, Group practices that want programmatic job ads, Practices building a careers site
Website: NAS Recruitment Innovation
5. Haley Marketing Group
About: Haley Marketing Group is a recruitment marketing firm in Williamsville, New York, that mostly serves staffing and recruiting companies. Its case study for UHC Solutions describes PPC and content work that produced four qualified dental applicants in one month for federally qualified health centers.
Key Services: Recruitment PPC, Recruitment content marketing, Staffing websites, Branded content, Email recruitment campaigns, Marketing technology
Industries Served: Staffing, Healthcare, FQHCs, Recruiting, Technical services
Notable Clients: UHC Solutions, Dunhill Staffing, Marquee Staffing, The Hire Firm
Locations: Williamsville, New York
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Recruiters filling dental roles at FQHCs, Staffing firms that need PPC and content, Healthcare employers with hard-to-fill roles
Website: Haley Marketing Group
6. Lunch + Recess
About: Lunch + Recess is an Emmy-winning visual content agency on Broad Street in Charleston, South Carolina, founded in 2010. It produced a reality-show-style dental hiring video for Frontline DIS, a dental implant group, as part of its recruiting video work.
Key Services: Recruiting videos, Brand films, Commercials, Documentaries, Animation, Ongoing content
Industries Served: Dental, Agriculture, AgTech, Media, Creative
Notable Clients: Frontline DIS, NewTeethNow, MyOrthos, Benevis
Locations: Charleston, South Carolina
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Dental groups that want hiring videos with personality, Practices replacing text job descriptions with video, Employers that need ongoing content
Website: Lunch + Recess
7. Strategy Collective
About: Strategy Collective is a digital operating partner for private-equity-backed healthcare companies, with a Houston, Texas address in its site data. Dental groups and DSOs are one of its named sectors, and its Employer Brand and Clinical Recruitment offer targets recruitment velocity within 60 to 90 days.
Key Services: Employer brand and clinical recruitment, Closed-loop paid media, Enterprise web architecture, Fractional CMO, HIPAA data and analytics, Pre-close due diligence
Industries Served: Dental and DSOs, Multi-site practices, Medical and surgical, Behavioral health, Aesthetics
Notable Clients: CVAUSA, Southern Veterinary Partners
Locations: Houston, Texas
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: PE-backed DSOs adding practices, Groups that need recruitment and paid media together, Platforms preparing new site openings
Website: Strategy Collective
8. Fusion92
About: Fusion92 is an independent growth partner headquartered at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, with offices in Detroit, Austin and Denver. Its Heartland Dental case study reports 124% of the goal met for hygienist applicants during a nationwide staff shortage.
Key Services: Recruitment media, Data science, Business consulting, Full-service execution, Measurement and diagnostics, Marketing strategy
Industries Served: Dental, Healthcare, Financial services, Insurance, Retail
Notable Clients: Heartland Dental, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Mercedes-Benz, Wayne County, Michigan
Locations: Chicago, Illinois, Detroit, Michigan, Austin, Texas, Denver, Colorado
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Large DSOs opening new offices, Multi-location brands that want data science, Employers measuring cost per applicant
Website: Fusion92
9. Unite Creative Co.
About: Unite Creative is a video production company in Severn, Maryland, founded in 2021, that works across Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia. It made a recruitment video for Bella Dental that tells the story of the practice through testimonials from current staff.
Key Services: Recruitment videos, Brand story videos, Video production, Online courses and training, Live streams, Podcast studio
Industries Served: Dental and medical, Physical therapy, Non-profits, Restaurants, Interior design
Notable Clients: Bella Dental Services, True Sport Physical Therapy, Eggspectation, City of Refuge Baltimore
Locations: Severn, Maryland
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Single and small group practices hiring locally, Practices in the DC, Maryland and Virginia area, Owners who want staff testimonials on video
Website: Unite Creative Co.
10. ecruit
About: ecruit is a direct hiring service with offices at Red Lion Square in London, Newbury Street in Boston and King Street East in Toronto. It writes and places job ads and runs headhunting campaigns, and Heathwood Dental Practice is among the clients quoted on its site.
Key Services: Job advertising campaigns, Job ad writing, Headhunting, Applicant tracking, Candidate scoring, Candidate filtering
Industries Served: Healthcare, Dentistry, Construction, Education, Financial services
Notable Clients: Heathwood Dental Practice, Reckitt, Making Space, NIWE Academy
Locations: London, United Kingdom, Boston, Massachusetts, Toronto, Canada
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Independent dental practices hiring one role at a time, Employers that want to avoid agency fees, Teams that need ads and headhunting together
Website: ecruit
11. ResourceBank
About: ResourceBank is a recruitment partner at RBR House in Telford, with a south east office in Henley-on-Thames. For Dental Partners, a venture-backed dentistry group, it developed a 'Best Place to Work' EVP supported by video interviews with staff.
Key Services: Employer brand and EVP, Recruitment process outsourcing, Project RPO, Staff video content, Engagement surveys, Exit interviews
Industries Served: Dentistry, Care, Engineering, Hospitality, Defence
Notable Clients: Dental Partners, World Duty Free, Leonard Cheshire, Martin-Baker
Locations: Telford, United Kingdom, Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Growing dental groups that need an EVP, Employers outsourcing recruitment, Teams that need video interviews with staff
Website: ResourceBank
12. Venture Practices
About: Venture Practices is a dental practice consultancy on Pepperdine Drive in Charlotte, North Carolina. Its recruitment offer updates a practice's recruitment site, writes the job ads, builds the marketing assets and films videos that show what working at the practice is like.
Key Services: Recruitment site updates, Job ad writing, Recruitment marketing assets, Recruitment videos, Dental branding, Practice coaching
Industries Served: Dental practices, Dental start-ups, Multi-location practices, Practice acquisitions, Dental groups
Notable Clients: Shelby Dental Care, Williams Dental, Riley Family Dentistry, Foothills Dental
Locations: Charlotte, North Carolina
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Practice owners tired of recruiter fees, Multi-location owners hiring hygienists, New practices building a team
Website: Venture Practices
Quick Comparison Table
| Agency | Key Specialty | Starting Price | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Web Tonic | Full-Service Performance Marketing | USD $3,000/mo | Mid-market to Enterprise (local US office) |
| 2. Ten Feet Tall | Dentist recruitment campaigns for dental networks | Quote-based | Dental networks hiring dentists at scale |
| 3. Creed Comms | Employer brand for the largest UK dental group | Quote-based | Dental groups hiring dentists and nurses |
| 4. NAS Recruitment Innovation | Hygienist and dentist recruitment for DSOs | Quote-based | DSOs hiring hygienists across states |
| 5. Haley Marketing Group | Recruitment PPC for dental and FQHC roles | Quote-based | Recruiters filling dental roles at FQHCs |
| 6. Lunch + Recess | Recruiting videos for dental groups | Quote-based | Dental groups that want hiring videos with personality |
| 7. Strategy Collective | Clinical recruitment for PE-backed DSOs | Quote-based | PE-backed DSOs adding practices |
| 8. Fusion92 | Data-led hygienist recruitment for large DSOs | Quote-based | Large DSOs opening new offices |
| 9. Unite Creative Co. | Staff-testimonial recruitment videos for practices | Quote-based | Single and small group practices hiring locally |
| 10. ecruit | Managed job ads for dental practices | Quote-based | Independent dental practices hiring one role at a time |
| 11. ResourceBank | EVP and outsourced recruitment for dental groups | Quote-based | Growing dental groups that need an EVP |
| 12. Venture Practices | Recruitment sites, ads and videos for dental practices | Quote-based | Practice owners tired of recruiter fees |
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I choose a recruitment marketing agency for a dental practice?
Start with the roles that leave chairs empty, usually hygienists and assistants, then look for dental hiring proof on each firm's own site. Fusion92 reports 124% of its hygienist applicant goal for Heartland Dental, Ten Feet Tall ran dentist recruitment for Aspen Dental, and NAS Recruitment Innovation works with Great Expressions Dental Centers. Smaller practices may fit Venture Practices, Unite Creative or ecruit better. Ask how applicants are tracked and followed up.
How much does dental recruitment marketing cost?
None of the eleven external firms publishes a price; all of them quote against scope. A single practice hiring one hygienist may only need managed job ads and a short video, often billed per campaign. DSOs hiring across many locations usually pay a monthly retainer plus media spend for always-on campaigns, careers sites and reporting. Ask each firm to split strategy, creative, media and management so you can compare proposals fairly.
What is the difference between a recruiting agency and a recruitment marketing agency?
A recruiting or staffing agency finds candidates and usually charges a placement fee for each hire. A recruitment marketing agency builds your own pipeline instead, with job ads, employer brand content, careers pages and follow-up, so applicants come to you directly. Venture Practices pitches its service as a way to stop paying recruiter fees. ResourceBank and ecruit sit in between, combining advertising with outsourced recruitment or headhunting.
How quickly can a dental hiring campaign bring in applicants?
Well-targeted job ads for hygienists and assistants can bring applicants within the first one to three weeks, as Haley Marketing's case of four qualified dental applicants in one month shows. Dentist and specialist searches take longer because the pool is small. Employer brand work and hiring videos pay off over several months. Track applicants, interviews, hires and how long each new hire stays, not just ad clicks.
Should a practice hire a local firm or a national recruitment marketing agency?
Dental hiring is local, because candidates rarely commute far, but the campaigns themselves run online. A national firm such as NAS Recruitment Innovation or Fusion92 suits DSOs hiring in many states, while Unite Creative in Maryland and Lunch + Recess in South Carolina film hiring videos on site. UK practices can look at Creed Comms, ResourceBank and ecruit. Ask how the firm targets candidates within commuting distance of each practice.
Choosing an HR Recruitment Marketing Agency for Dental Practices
Start with the chairs you need to fill. Hygienists, assistants, front desk staff and associate dentists respond to different messages. List the roles, locations, schedules and pay ranges before you brief any agency, because candidates compare all four.
Check dental hiring proof on each firm's own site. All eleven external firms sell recruitment marketing, recruiting ads or hiring video, and nine name a dental client. Ask for results from a practice or group of your size, and for the cost per hire it reached.
Agree on follow-up before the first ad runs. Confirm who answers applicants, how fast, and how hires are counted, since good hygienists accept other offers within days. Our paid social team scopes hiring campaigns the same way.
Judge the work on hires. Track applicants, interviews, hires and retention over a full quarter. Compare our lists of recruitment marketing agencies, healthcare recruitment marketing agencies and dental video production agencies, or read our latest articles.
