The Guide: Dentists in Holmdel, NJ
How We Selected These Practices
A practice appears here if it meets three tests. It is a general dental practice, according to its own website. It has an office you can walk into in Colts Neck Township, Holmdel Township or Marlboro Township, stated on its own website or on the business profile it maintains on Google. And at least one dentist it names holds a New Jersey dental license that the state register showed as Active on October 18, 2026.
Specialists — orthodontists, periodontists, endodontists, oral surgeons and pediatric dentists — are not on this list, and a general practice that employs a specialist is listed as a general practice.
Fifteen practices meet the tests. They are listed alphabetically.
About This Guide
This guide is produced by Garden State Circle. Practices appear here because they meet the criteria described above — a general dental practice with an office in one of the towns this guide covers and at least one named dentist whose New Jersey license the state register showed as Active. 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 against the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs licensee register in October 2026.
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The Practices, Compared
Listed alphabetically. The dentists column shows names exactly as each practice writes them on its own website. The license column shows what the state register returned for each of those names on October 18, 2026. In that column, Not found by us means our search of the register returned no record for that name at the practice’s town, and a status other than Active is printed next to the name as the register showed it; that is a fact about the register on one day, not a statement that anyone is practicing without a license. Ownership and new-patient columns restate what the practice itself publishes; Not published means we read the website and the fact is not on it, and Not found by us means we could not read a page to check.
| Practice | Dentists, as named on their own site | NJ dental license, checked Oct 18 2026 | Ownership | New patients | Evening or Saturday hours, as published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Dental of Holmdel, Holmdel | Dr. Rachel E. Pickworth · Dr. Yostina Kaldas | Both Active | Independently owned | Online booking | Saturdays 7:30 am to 12 pm (2 per month) |
| Bella Dental, Holmdel | Dr. Alex Shor · Dr. Michael Alkon · Dr. Cristina Kavendek · Dr. Christopher Cermenello | Shor Active · Kavendek Active · Alkon: register shows Expired · Cermenello: Not found by us | Independently owned | Request an appointment · New patient forms | Saturdays 7 am to 1 pm |
| Caring Dental Associates (Caring Dental South), Marlboro | Dr. Joseph P. Prasad, DMD, MAGD | Active | Not published | New patient forms · Request an appointment | Mondays to 7 pm; Saturdays 10 am to 2 pm |
| Champagne Smiles, Morganville | Richard Champagne, DMD, MAGD · Fady Wadie, DMD · Jean Bichara, DDS, MS | All three Active | Not published | New patient forms · Request an appointment | Weekdays only |
| Colts Neck Smiles, Colts Neck | Dr. Dilini Peiris D.D.S. | Active | Not published | New patient forms | Mondays and Thursdays to 6 pm |
| Creative Smiles, Marlboro | Michael Cohen, DDS | Active | Not published | New patient forms | Tuesdays to 7 pm; Saturdays 8 am to 1 pm (2 Saturdays per month) |
| Denise L. Waldron, DMD, Colts Neck | Denise L. Waldron, DMD | Active | Not published | New patient forms | Saturdays 8 am to 1 pm (first Saturday of the month) |
| Dental Health Center of Holmdel, Holmdel | Michael DiCarlo, DDS, FAGD · Rosanna Santini, DDS, MAGD | DiCarlo Active · Santini: Not found by us | Independently owned | Request an appointment | Wednesdays to 6 pm |
| Dimension Dental of Holmdel, Holmdel | Dr. Elona Kaso | Active | Not published | New patient forms · Online booking | Tuesdays and Thursdays to 6 pm |
| Dipika T. Shah, DDS, LLC, Holmdel | Dr. Dipika T. Shah, DDS | Active | Independently owned | Online booking · New patient forms | Thursdays to 7 pm; Saturdays 8:30 am to 1 pm (alternate Saturdays) |
| Holmdel Dentistry, Holmdel | Dr. Esteban Chan, DMD | Active | Not published | Request an appointment | Mondays to 8 pm; Saturdays 8:30 am to 2 pm |
| Marlboro Dental Arts, PC, Morganville | Christopher Rossi, DDS · Andrea DiLeo, DDS | Both Active | Not published | New patient forms · Request an appointment | Wednesdays to 7 pm |
| Morganville Dentistry (Reuben Atlas, DDS), Morganville | Reuben Atlas, DDS · Dr. Grainer · Dr. Kanthan | All three Active | Not published | Request an appointment · New patient forms | Mondays to Thursdays to 6 pm; Sundays 9 am to 1 pm |
| NJ Smile Center, Colts Neck | Dr. Anthony J. Vocaturo, DDS, AAACD, FACE, FAGD, FIADFE · Dr. Anthony Vocaturo Jr., DMD, MBS · Dr. Christopher J. Garofalo, DDS | All three Active | Not published | New patient forms | Tuesdays to 8 pm |
| Smile Theory Modern Dentistry, Morganville | Gary S. Scher, D.D.S. · Gregory G. Mills, D.D.S. · Dmytro Zhurakovskyy, D.D.S. | Scher Active · Mills Active · Zhurakovskyy: Not found by us | Not published | Online booking | Tuesdays to 7:30 pm |
Checked against the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Dentistry licensee search.
License statuses were read from the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs license verification register on October 18, 2026, by searching each name as a person under the profession Dentistry and the license type Dentist. Practice details were verified against each practice’s own website in October 2026.
Something Out of Date?
This guide is maintained. If anything here is wrong or has changed — a dentist who has joined or left a practice, a license status, an address, a booking method, or whether a practice has closed — tell us and we will check it. Practices listed here are welcome to write in directly, and a practice that names a dentist we have recorded as not on its site is exactly the kind of correction we want.
And if you run a general dental practice with an office in Colts Neck Township, Holmdel Township or Marlboro Township that should be on this list, write to us. The criteria are the same for everyone: a general dental practice, an office you can walk into in one of those towns stated on your own website or Google profile, and at least one named dentist whose New Jersey license shows as Active. If you meet them, you go on.
Something out of date?
This guide is maintained. 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. Businesses listed here are welcome to write in directly.
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Additional Resources
NJ Division of Consumer Affairs license verification
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