Pediatric Dentists near Warren, Watchung and Green Brook, NJ

Pediatric Dentists Near Warren, Watchung and Green Brook, NJ

By Tiffany Slowinski

Parents will drive for the right pediatric dentist.

The question is how far.

If you are searching for a pediatric dentist near Warren, Watchung or Green Brook, this guide acknowledges something Google does not always make obvious: the pediatric specialist who makes the most sense may be in a neighboring town.

The current guide lists nearby practices that met the same specialist criteria we use across Garden State Circle.

That is useful.

Because pediatric dentistry is not about finding the shortest drive at all costs.

It is about finding a practice that works for your child and is still realistic for your family to use.

For the practices included, we checked the named dentists against the New Jersey dental-license register and the pediatric specialty permit required by our guide criteria.

We also recorded other details the practices publish, such as board certification, residency, sedation information and how new patients get started.

Then you take over.

Is your child going to the dentist for the first time?

Do they already have dental anxiety?

Do they have sensory sensitivities or special needs?

Are they old enough to explain what scares them?

Do they need treatment beyond a cleaning?

Do you care about seeing the same pediatric dentist consistently?

These are the questions that determine fit.

For a first dental visit, I would ask how the practice introduces young children to the office.

Not every 2- or 3-year-old is going to hop into the chair, open wide and make us all look like excellent parents.

Some need time.

You want to know whether the office is comfortable with that.

For anxious kids, be direct.

Tell the office what happened before.

Tell them what your child is afraid of.

Ask how they handle a child who becomes overwhelmed.

For children with special needs, call before booking and talk through what would make the appointment more successful.

Maybe your child needs clear step-by-step explanations.

Maybe they need fewer sensory inputs.

Maybe they need extra time.

The practice should be able to tell you what it can offer.

Parents also search for sedation dentistry for children, especially when anxiety or treatment complexity becomes an issue.

The guide notes what practices publish, but the table is not a recommendation.

If sedation is considered, ask the pediatric dentist to explain the specific option, why it is being recommended, alternatives, risks and instructions for your child.

Then calculate the real-world logistics.

How far is the practice from Warren or Watchung?

What is that drive at the time of your likely appointment?

Are new patients being accepted?

Can you request online?

Can siblings go together?

Does the office see teenagers?

What happens in a dental emergency?

You are choosing a practice you may visit for years.

The drive should be one you can live with.

This guide is useful if you are searching for pediatric dentists near Warren NJ, pediatric dentist near Watchung NJ, kids dentist Green Brook, children’s dentist near me, toddler dentist, first dental appointment, dentist for anxious children, special-needs pediatric dentist, sedation dentistry for kids or board-certified pediatric dentists.

The right answer may be one town over.

That is fine.

If your child feels safe there, you will care a lot less about the municipal border.

We did the homework here.
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The Guide: Pediatric Dentists near Warren, Watchung and Green Brook, NJ

How We Selected These Pediatric Dentists

This guide covers Warren, Watchung, Green Brook.

A practice is on this page when it has a pediatric dentistry office in one of those towns and at least one named dentist whose New Jersey dental license the state register showed as Active on September 23, 2026, and who holds a pediatric specialty permit on that register at that office’s town, primary or branch, or a legacy specialty permit that the practice’s own words tie to pediatric dentistry. That is a test, not a judgment. Practices are listed alphabetically.

The practices that met the criteria and are nearest to these towns are listed below, each with the town it is based in.

About This Guide

This guide is produced by Garden State Circle. Practices appear here because they meet the criteria described above — a pediatric dentistry office in the towns named above and at least one named dentist with an Active New Jersey dental license and a pediatric specialty permit. 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 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. Where a row carries a verification date, that is when we last checked that business’s record ourselves. A row without one has not been checked recently — that is a fact about our work, not about the business. 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 Warren, Watchung, Green Brook. Contact the publisher at jake@gardenstatecircle.com. How every guide is made, in one place: how every guide is made.

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Practice and town	Specialist(s) named, and the permit as the register prints it, checked Sept 23, 2026	Board certification (as published)	Residency (as published)	Sedation offered (as published)	Ages seen	New patients	Record checked (Sept 23, 2026)
Basking Ridge Pediatric Dentistry Based in Basking Ridge	Dr. Tina Nguyen, DDS — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Prmt 07465 Active Dr. Alexandra Ziarko, DDS — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Br Prmt 07520-01 Active	Nguyen: “board-certified pediatric dentist”	Nguyen: Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center Ziarko: Montefiore Medical Center	Nitrous oxide; general anesthesia (site)	Children, adolescents, special needs patients	Not published	Sept 23, 2026
Branchburg Pediatric Dentistry Based in Branchburg	Dr. Devi — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice) Dr. Lapena — Dentist license Active · specialty permit under their name at another New Jersey address	Not published	Not published	Nitrous oxide; general anesthesia (site)	Not published	Appointment request	Sept 23, 2026
Smile Works Pediatric Dentistry Based in Basking Ridge	Dr. Andrea Mann, DMD — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice)	“Board Certified Pediatric Dentist”	Not published	Nitrous oxide; IV sedation; general anesthesia (site)	Infants, children, adolescents, and those with special needs	Appointment request	Sept 23, 2026
Somerset Smile Studio Based in Somerset	Dr. Christina Belgrave — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Prmt 07021 Active	“Board Certified Pediatric Dentist”	Belgrave: Rutgers University/University Hospital	Not published	Not published	Online booking	Sept 23, 2026
Starship Pediatric Dentistry Based in Madison	Sky Berdahl, D.D.S. — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice) Jen Wilbur, D.D.S. — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice) Saudamini Gadgil, D.D.S. — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Prmt 06707 Active Viveka Patel, D.M.D., M.P.H. — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Prmt 07124 Active	Berdahl, Wilbur: “Diplomate, American Board of Pediatric Dentistry” Gadgil: “Board-certified member” Patel: “Candidate for board certification in pediatric dentistry”	Berdahl: Jacobi Medical Center Wilbur: Jacobi Medical Center via Albert Einstein Gadgil: St. Barnabas Hospital, 2018 Patel: Rutgers, 2022	Not published	infants, children, teens	Appointment request	Sept 23, 2026
The Children’s Dental Center Based in Somerville	Julianne Kane, D.M.D. — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice)	Not published	Brooklyn’s Lutheran Medical Center	Not published	infants, children, adolescents and special needs patients	Appointment request	Sept 23, 2026

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

Permit status is what the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs licensee register showed on September 23, 2026, looked up by name. Board certification, residency, ages seen, sedation and new-patient wording are printed as each practice states them on its own website. Record checked names the date we last checked that practice’s record ourselves.

A Note on Reading the Table

Board certification and residency are printed as each practice states them on its own website. We have not checked them against a certifying board’s own list.

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Basking Ridge Pediatric Dentistry, Basking Ridge

25 Mountainview Blvd, Ste 201, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

Named on the practice’s own site, with the register record as of Sept 23, 2026: Dr. Tina Nguyen, DDS — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Prmt 07465 Active; Dr. Alexandra Ziarko, DDS — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Br Prmt 07520-01 Active.

Branchburg Pediatric Dentistry, Branchburg

3322 U.S. 22, Suite 201, Building #2, Branchburg, NJ 08876

Named on the practice’s own site, with the register record as of Sept 23, 2026: Dr. Devi — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice); Dr. Lapena — Dentist license Active · specialty permit under their name at another New Jersey address.

Smile Works Pediatric Dentistry, Basking Ridge

150 N. Finley Avenue Suite 101, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

Named on the practice’s own site, with the register record as of Sept 23, 2026: Dr. Andrea Mann, DMD — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice).

Somerset Smile Studio, Somerset

812 Hamilton St Suite 1, Somerset, NJ 08873

Named on the practice’s own site, with the register record as of Sept 23, 2026: Dr. Christina Belgrave — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Prmt 07021 Active.

This is a general and pediatric office. Dr. Belgrave is the pediatric dentist at this office; the site also names a general and cosmetic dentist, Dr. Ekow Acquaah.

Starship Pediatric Dentistry, Madison

300 Madison Avenue, Suite 201, Madison, NJ 07940

Named on the practice’s own site, with the register record as of Sept 23, 2026: Sky Berdahl, D.D.S. — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice); Jen Wilbur, D.D.S. — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice); Saudamini Gadgil, D.D.S. — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Prmt 06707 Active; Viveka Patel, D.M.D., M.P.H. — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Prmt 07124 Active.

The Children’s Dental Center, Somerville

148 West End Avenue, Somerville, NJ 08876

Named on the practice’s own site, with the register record as of Sept 23, 2026: Julianne Kane, D.M.D. — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice).

Common Questions

How do I check a license myself?

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

Verified

Verified means we checked identity, licence and published details - not service quality or results.

Every detail on this page was checked on September 23, 2026 against each practice’s own website and the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs licensee register.

Additional Resources

The same guide for other markets

NJ Division of Consumer Affairs license verification

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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