Pediatric Dentists Near Belle Mead, Skillman and Montgomery Township, NJ
By Tiffany Slowinski
Around Belle Mead and Skillman, “nearby” is a lifestyle.
You already cross town lines for school, sports, errands, dinner and approximately everything else.
A pediatric dentist may be no different.
If you are searching for a pediatric dentist near Belle Mead, Skillman, Blawenburg, Rocky Hill or Montgomery Township, this Garden State Circle guide points you to the nearby pediatric practices that met the same specialist criteria we use in every market.
I would rather have that honest answer than a forced list of whoever happens to have the right town name on Google.
Parents need the right fit.
Not a zip code.
Pediatric dentistry is a specialty, and the guide starts with the credentials.
We checked the dentists named by each included practice against the New Jersey license register and the pediatric specialty permit required by our criteria.
Then we captured other details the practice publishes that may help parents compare.
Board certification.
Pediatric residency.
Sedation services.
New-patient process.
Those facts are useful.
Your child is still the deciding factor.
For a toddler, you may be looking for a first dental visit that feels calm and low pressure.
For a 7-year-old, you may want an office that explains everything and keeps fear from becoming the main event.
For a teenager, you may care about how long the practice continues seeing older children and how the eventual transition to adult dentistry works.
For a child with special needs, you may be asking an entirely different set of questions.
That is why I would call.
Tell the office who your child is before the appointment.
If they are anxious, say that.
If noise, bright lights or certain sensations are difficult, say that.
If your child needs more time, clear explanations or a particular approach, ask whether the practice can accommodate it.
You are not asking for special treatment.
You are trying to create a successful appointment.
Sedation comes up in pediatric dentistry too, and parents often search specifically for it.
The guide records only what practices publish.
If your pediatric dentist recommends sedation, ask what is being recommended, why, what alternatives exist and what the process and risks are for your child.
A table can tell you that a service exists.
It cannot decide whether your child needs it.
Then there is convenience.
How far is the drive from Skillman?
What appointment times are realistic from school?
How far out are new patients booking?
Can siblings be seen together?
Can you request an appointment online?
What happens if a child has a dental emergency?
This is a relationship you may use for years.
It should fit your life.
This guide is a good starting point if you are searching for pediatric dentists near Skillman NJ, pediatric dentist near Belle Mead, kids dentist Montgomery Township, children’s dentist Rocky Hill, toddler dentist, first dental visit, dentist for anxious children, special-needs pediatric dentistry, sedation dentistry for kids or board-certified pediatric dentists near me.
The nearest office may end up being the right office.
It also may not.
With kids, I would choose fit first and calculate the drive second.
We did the homework here.
For the places actually worth your time, money and babysitter, follow me: @tiffanyknowsnj.
The Guide: Pediatric Dentists near Belle Mead, Skillman and Montgomery Township, NJ
How We Selected These Pediatric Dentists
This guide covers Montgomery Township (Belle Mead, Skillman and Blawenburg), Rocky Hill, Millstone.
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 Montgomery Township (Belle Mead, Skillman and Blawenburg), Rocky Hill, Millstone. Contact the publisher at jake@gardenstatecircle.com. How every guide is made, in one place: how every guide is made.
Nearby options
| 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 |
| Hillsborough Pediatric Dentistry Based in Hillsborough | Dr. Amie Shah — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Prmt 06634 Active Dr. Chirag Patel — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice) Dr. Amy Planz — Dentist license Active · specialty permit under their name at another New Jersey address | Planz: “Diplomat of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry” Shah: “board certified” Patel: “board certified pediatric dentist” | Shah: Maimonides Medical Center Patel: St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Paterson | Nitrous oxide (site) | Children, teens, and special needs patients | Online booking | Sept 23, 2026 |
| Montgomery Pediatric Dentistry Based in Princeton | Dr. Saloni Patel — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Prmt 07633 Active Dr. Christina Ciano — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice) Dr. Geena Russo — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice) | Ciano, Russo: “Board-Certified Pediatric Dentist” | Not published | Nitrous oxide; IV sedation (site) | Not published | Online booking | 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 |
| 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.
Nearby options
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.
Hillsborough Pediatric Dentistry, Hillsborough
390 Amwell Road Building #2 Suite 201, Hillsborough, NJ 08844
Named on the practice’s own site, with the register record as of Sept 23, 2026: Dr. Amie Shah — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Prmt 06634 Active; Dr. Chirag Patel — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice); Dr. Amy Planz — Dentist license Active · specialty permit under their name at another New Jersey address.
The practice’s site also lists an orthodontist, Michael Goldkind, at the same address.
Montgomery Pediatric Dentistry, Princeton
211 Commons Way, Princeton, NJ 08540
Named on the practice’s own site, with the register record as of Sept 23, 2026: Dr. Saloni Patel — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Prmt 07633 Active; Dr. Christina Ciano — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice); Dr. Geena Russo — 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.
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
- Pediatric Dentists in Basking Ridge and Bernardsville, NJ
- Pediatric Dentists in Bridgewater, Branchburg and Raritan, NJ
- Pediatric Dentists in Chatham and Madison, NJ
- Pediatric Dentists near Clinton, Flemington and Annandale, NJ
- Pediatric Dentists in Denville and Mountain Lakes, NJ
- Pediatric Dentists in Franklin Township, Manville and North Plainfield, NJ
- Pediatric Dentists in Long Branch and Red Bank, NJ
- Pediatric Dentists near Mendham and Chester, NJ
- Pediatric Dentists in Montville and Kinnelon, NJ
- Pediatric Dentists in Morristown, Morris Township and Morris Plains, NJ
- Pediatric Dentists near Parsippany, NJ
- Pediatric Dentists in Randolph, NJ
- Pediatric Dentists in Somerville and Hillsborough, NJ
- Pediatric Dentists near Warren, Watchung and Green Brook, NJ
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.
admin@gardenstatecircle.com
This is not a ranking.
Part of Montgomery Guides