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Orthodontists in Basking Ridge and Bernardsville, NJ: Every License and Residency Checked

Every orthodontist in Basking Ridge and Bernardsville, with “Offices in these towns” and “NJ dental license, checked Sept 6 2026” for each, checked September 2026.

By Tiffany Slowinski

Published September 6, 2026 | Updated November 1, 2026

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Orthodontists in Basking Ridge and Bernardsville, NJ: Every License and Residency Checked

The Guide: Orthodontists in Basking Ridge and Bernardsville, NJ

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The Practices, Compared

This is not a ranking.

Practice	Orthodontists, as named on their own site	NJ dental license, checked Sept 6 2026	Orthodontic residency programme	Board certified by the American Board of Orthodontics	Offices in these towns
Bedminster Orthodontics	Meryl A Baurmash, D.D.S. Orthodontics		EDUCATION Columbia University School of Dental Medicine, 1985; General Practice Residency, Englewood Hospital, 1986; Columbia University School of Dental Medicine, Certific[ate]…	Not published	Bedminster
Bruzzichesi Orthodontics	Robert J. Bruzzichesi, DMD Leonid Epshteyn, DMD Elizabeth Clanaman, DDS	22DI02112900 — Active 22DI02640300 — Active 22DI02850400 — Active	Harvard University Temple University Tufts University	Not found by us Not found by us Not found by us	Basking Ridge
Freda & Suriano Orthodontics	Michael W. Freda Anthony T. Suriano	22DI01357200 — Active 22DI01465900 — Active	New Jersey College of Medicine & Dentistry New Jersey College of Medicine & Dentistry	Not found by us Yes	Bernardsville
Mellas Orthodontics	Stella Mellas, DDS	22DI02182500 — Active	University of Connecticut	Yes	Basking Ridge
The Orthodontic Studio	Kenneth Banasiak, DMD	22DI02217600 — Active	Tufts University	Yes	Basking Ridge
Susan Rider, DDS	Susan Rider, DDS	22DI01674400 — Active	Saint Louis University	Yes	Basking Ridge

Checked against the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Dentistry licensee search.

The Practices

Bruzzichesi Orthodontics, Basking Ridge

20 N Finley Ave, Basking Ridge

Three orthodontists practise here. Robert J. Bruzzichesi trained in orthodontics at Harvard University; Leonid Epshteyn trained in orthodontics at Temple University; and Elizabeth Clanaman trained in orthodontics at Tufts University.

The practice’s own site states Dr. Clanaman is working towards board certification. A third office in Morristown is outside the towns this guide covers.

Freda & Suriano Orthodontics, Bernardsville

122 Morristown Rd, Bernardsville

Two orthodontists practise here. Michael W. Freda trained in orthodontics at New Jersey College of Medicine & Dentistry; Anthony T. Suriano trained in orthodontics at New Jersey College of Medicine & Dentistry and is certified by the American Board of Orthodontics.

Offices in Chester and Bloomfield are outside the towns this guide covers.

Mellas Orthodontics, Basking Ridge

665 Martinsville Rd, Basking Ridge

Stella Mellas, DDS trained in orthodontics at University of Connecticut and is certified by the American Board of Orthodontics.

The Orthodontic Studio, Basking Ridge

65 S Maple Ave, Basking Ridge

Kenneth Banasiak, DMD trained in orthodontics at Tufts University and is certified by the American Board of Orthodontics.

Formerly Banasiak & Nettune Orthodontic Associates.

Susan Rider, DDS, Basking Ridge

120 Cross Rd, Basking Ridge

Susan Rider, DDS trained in orthodontics at Saint Louis University and is certified by the American Board of Orthodontics.

Common Questions

What is the difference between an orthodontist and a dentist who does braces?

An orthodontist has completed a residency in orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics after dental school — two or three years of full-time specialist training. A general dentist has not. Both may be licensed to straighten teeth in New Jersey. Search results and business listings frequently label general dental practices as orthodontists, which is why the residency column on this page exists.

What does board certified mean here?

It means the orthodontist has been certified by the American Board of Orthodontics, which is a separate voluntary examination taken after the residency. It is not the license, and it is not required to practise.

How do I check a license myself?

The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs publishes a licensee search. Search under Dentistry by the dentist’s last name. The record shows the license number, the status and the town on file.

Why is there no price column?

Because no practice on this page publishes one, and a column built from quotes we gathered privately would not be the same measure for every row.

Verified

Every detail on this page was checked on September 6, 2026 against each practice’s own website, the American Association of Orthodontists locator, the federal provider registry, and the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs licensee register.

About This Guide

This guide is produced by Garden State Circle. Practices appear here because they meet the criteria described above — an orthodontic office in Bernardsville, Bernards Township (Basking Ridge, Liberty Corner, Lyons), Far Hills, Bedminster (Pluckemin) and Peapack-Gladstone and at least one named orthodontist with an Active New Jersey dental license and an orthodontic specialty on a public record. That is a test, not a judgment, and it is the only route onto this page. No practice can pay to be included in this guide, to be listed higher, or to change what the comparison table says about it. Practices are listed alphabetically, and every detail in the table was verified against each practice’s own website, the American Association of Orthodontists locator and the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs licensee register in September 2026.

Everything under the heading that begins this guide is governed by the rules above, on every guide we publish. Where a sponsor’s message appears above that heading, it is paid for and labelled, and it buys nothing in the guide. Garden State Circle is supported by the businesses that participate in it. Participation pays for our ongoing work: keeping a business’s entry accurate, re-checking its record, and publishing a page of its own details that the business maintains. There is no paid placement in this guide. Participation does not buy a place here, a position here, or anything the comparison table says. Every detail here was verified on the date shown on this page. Nothing on this page is medical advice. Every treatment described here carries risks that depend on your own health and history, and the person to discuss them with is a licensed provider who has examined you.

Garden State Circle is published in New Jersey by Tiffany and Jake Slowinski and covers Bernardsville, Bernards Township (Basking Ridge, Liberty Corner, Lyons), Far Hills, Bedminster (Pluckemin) and Peapack-Gladstone. Contact the publisher at jake@gardenstatecircle.com. How every guide is made, in one place: how every guide is made.

How We Selected These Practices

Every practice on this page has an orthodontic office in Bernardsville, Bernards Township (Basking Ridge, Liberty Corner, Lyons), Far Hills, Bedminster (Pluckemin) and Peapack-Gladstone, and at least one named orthodontist whose New Jersey dental license the state register showed as Active on Sept 6 2026, and whose orthodontic specialty is on a public record — the residency programme named by the American Association of Orthodontists locator, the residency programme published on the practice’s own website, or the specialty registered against that dentist on the federal provider registry. That is a test, not a judgment. Practices are listed alphabetically.

A general dental practice that offers braces or clear aligners is not an orthodontic practice and is not on this page, whatever it is labelled elsewhere. That distinction is the whole point of the guide: an orthodontist has completed a residency in orthodontics after dental school, and a dentist has not.

What This Guide Cannot Tell You

It cannot tell you what your treatment will cost, how long it will take, or which practice is right for your child. Orthodontic fees are quoted case by case and almost nobody publishes them, so there is no price column here and any figure we printed would be invented. It also cannot tell you who will actually be at the chair at each visit: several of these practices have more than one orthodontist, and some have offices in towns this guide does not cover. Ask when you book.

What the Register Statuses Mean

The license column carries what the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs licensee register returned for each named orthodontist on Sept 6 2026, by name search under Dentistry.

Active — the license was current on the date we checked.
Inactive or Expired — the register did not show a current license on the date we checked. That is a fact about the register on one day. It is not a claim that anyone is practising without a license, and it is exactly the kind of thing a practice can correct in a line of email.
Not found by us — we searched and did not find a record. That is a statement about our search.

Every orthodontist in the table below returned an Active license. Where a practice names a doctor whose record was not Active, that is said in the practice’s own entry rather than printed as a row.

A Note on Reading the Table

The residency column names the programme where the American Association of Orthodontists locator publishes it, and the practice’s own website where it does not. Not published means we read the practice’s site and the profession’s own directory and neither names a programme for that doctor. It is a statement about what is published, not about the doctor.

The board-certification column reads Yes only where the American Association of Orthodontists locator records certification by the American Board of Orthodontics. Several practices state board certification on their own websites where the locator carries no profile at all; those cells read Not found by us, and the claim is quoted in the practice’s entry instead. Board certification is voluntary, and an orthodontist without it has still completed the same residency.

Something out of date?

If anything here is wrong or has changed — a credential, who is at the practice, insurance participation, or whether they are taking new patients — tell us and we will check it. Corrections are free, for every practice on this page. A practice that is not listed here and meets the criteria described at the top of this guide can write to the same address.

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