Pediatric Dentists in Chatham, Madison and Florham Park, NJ
By Tiffany Slowinski
There are some appointments you can schedule based on convenience.
Pediatric dentistry is one where I would spend a little more time on fit.
Because if your child loves the office, life gets easier.
If your child is terrified of the office, six months comes around alarmingly fast.
If you are searching for a pediatric dentist in Chatham, Madison, Florham Park, Harding Township or Long Hill, this guide is meant to help parents compare actual pediatric specialists before choosing.
The difference matters.
A family dentist may treat children.
A pediatric dentist is a specialist, and for the practices in this guide we checked the named dentists against the New Jersey register for an active dental license and the pediatric specialty permit required by our criteria.
We also pulled together the information parents tend to search for separately.
Board certification when published.
Pediatric residency.
Sedation services when published.
How new patients start.
That gives you the factual layer.
Then comes the mom layer.
How does the office handle a child who is nervous?
What happens during a first visit?
Does the dentist talk to the child or mostly talk over them to the parent?
Can the team slow down if the child needs it?
Does the office see children with special needs?
What ages are accepted?
Does the practice continue seeing teenagers?
Those questions may tell you more about fit than a beautiful website.
For younger children, I would ask what the practice considers a successful first appointment.
Parents want the cleaning, exam, X-rays and perfect behavior.
The toddler may want to sit in the chair for 90 seconds and then leave.
You want to understand how the office bridges that gap.
For an anxious child, be specific when you call.
“She is scared of needles.”
“He had a bad experience somewhere else.”
“She does much better if people explain what they are going to do before they do it.”
That helps the office prepare.
For a child with autism, ADHD, sensory sensitivities or another special need, ask directly what accommodations the practice offers and how it structures those visits.
No two kids need exactly the same thing.
Sedation is another area where parents naturally want information.
The guide records it when a practice publishes it, but this is not something to self-select from a table.
If sedation becomes relevant to your child’s care, ask the pediatric dentist what is being recommended, why, what alternatives exist and what to expect.
Then there is the calendar.
Can you get there after school?
How far out are new-patient visits?
Can siblings be booked conveniently?
Does the office offer online appointment requests?
What happens if there is a dental emergency?
You are choosing a relationship, not a one-time appointment.
This guide is useful if you are searching for pediatric dentists Chatham NJ, pediatric dentist Madison NJ, kids dentist Florham Park, children’s dentist near Harding Township, pediatric dentist near Long Hill, toddler dentist, dentist for anxious children, special-needs pediatric dentistry, sedation dentistry for kids or board-certified pediatric dentist near me.
The perfect pediatric dentist is not the one every parent in town uses.
It is the one your child can build trust with.
That may take one visit.
It may take a few.
Either way, it is worth starting with better information.
We did the homework here.
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The Guide: Pediatric Dentists in Chatham and Madison, NJ
How We Selected These Pediatric Dentists
This guide covers Chatham Borough, Chatham Township, Madison, Florham Park, Harding Township, Long Hill Township (Stirling, Millington and Gillette).
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.
Where fewer than six practices in these towns met the criteria, the nearest practices that met the same criteria are listed in a second table, 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 Chatham Borough, Chatham Township, Madison, Florham Park, Harding Township, Long Hill Township (Stirling, Millington and Gillette). Contact the publisher at jake@gardenstatecircle.com. How every guide is made, in one place: how every guide is made.
The Pediatric Dentists, Compared
| 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) | Ages seen | Sedation offered (as published) | New patients | Record checked (Sept 23, 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starship Pediatric Dentistry 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 | infants, children, teens | Not published (site) Enteral Sedation Permit Active, Viveka Patel (register) | 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.
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) | Ages seen | Sedation offered (as published) | 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 | Children, adolescents, special needs patients | Laughing gas (site) | Not published | Sept 23, 2026 |
| Children’s Dentistry of Morristown Based in Morristown | Allison Brand, DMD — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Prmt 06769 Active Nicole Levine, DMD — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Prmt 07391 Active Elizabeth Oldendorp, DMD — Dentist license Active · specialty permit under their name at another New Jersey address | “American Board of Pediatric Dentistry Board Certified” (practice line) Oldendorp: “Board-certified pediatric dentist” | Not published | Not published | General anesthesia offered (site) | Online booking | Sept 23, 2026 |
| Green Tree Pediatric Dentistry Based in Mountain Lakes | Dr. Joo Hyoung Park — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Prmt 07459 Active | “board-certified pediatric dentist and diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry” | 2-year Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency and a Pediatric Dentistry residency, Eastman Institute for Oral Health (URMC) | Not published | Sedation dentistry (site) | Online booking | Sept 23, 2026 |
| Montville Pediatric Dentistry Based in Montville | Dr. Peikes — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice) | Not published | Not published | infants, children, adolescents, and patients with special needs | Nitrous oxide (site) | 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 | Infants, children, adolescents, and those with special needs | Not published | Appointment request | Sept 23, 2026 |
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.
The Practices
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.
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.
Children’s Dentistry of Morristown, Morristown
95 Madison Avenue, Suite A08, Morristown, NJ 07960
Named on the practice’s own site, with the register record as of Sept 23, 2026: Allison Brand, DMD — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Prmt 06769 Active; Nicole Levine, DMD — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Prmt 07391 Active; Elizabeth Oldendorp, DMD — Dentist license Active · specialty permit under their name at another New Jersey address.
Green Tree Pediatric Dentistry, Mountain Lakes
333 Route 46 Suite 2-7A, Mountain Lakes, NJ 07046
Named on the practice’s own site, with the register record as of Sept 23, 2026: Dr. Joo Hyoung Park — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Prmt 07459 Active.
Montville Pediatric Dentistry, Montville
350 Main Rd #101, Montville, NJ 07045
Named on the practice’s own site, with the register record as of Sept 23, 2026: Dr. Peikes — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice).
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).
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
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- Pediatric Dentists in Denville and Mountain Lakes, NJ
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- Pediatric Dentists in Montville and Kinnelon, NJ
- Pediatric Dentists in Morristown, Morris Township and Morris Plains, NJ
- Pediatric Dentists near Parsippany, NJ
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NJ Division of Consumer Affairs license verification
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