The Guide: Pediatric Dentists in Manasquan, NJ
How We Selected These Pediatric Dentists
This guide covers Manasquan, Brielle, Sea Girt, Spring Lake and Wall Township.
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 in October 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.
Two practices with an office in these towns meet the criteria. Because that is fewer than five, a second table lists the nearest practice that meets the same criteria at its own office, each with the town it is based in. Both tables 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 pediatric dentistry office in the towns named above or, in the nearby table, near them, 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 against the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs licensee register in October 2026.
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The Practices, Compared
Listed alphabetically. The specialist column shows names as each practice writes them on its own website, with what the state register returned for each of those names in October 2026; a permit the register shows under the name at an address the practice does not publish is stated that way. The other columns restate what the practice itself publishes; Not published means we read the website and the fact is not on it.
| Practice and town | Specialist(s) named, and the permit as the register prints it, checked October 2026 | Board certification (as published) | Residency (as published) | Sedation offered (as published) | Ages seen | New patients | Record checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth M. Merkler, DMD Manasquan | Dr. Elizabeth M. Merkler, DMD — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice) | Not published | Merkler: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia (“Pediatric specialty training”) | “Sedation Dentistry for Children” (site; type not stated) | “children and adolescents” | Appointment request page; online patient forms | Oct 18, 2026 |
| Shore Children’s Dental Care Manasquan | Dr. Shakila S. Ziashakeri — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Br Prmt 06809-01 Active Dr. Ghazaleh Sayah — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Br Prmt 07133-01 Active Dr. Camille Vasquez — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Prmt 07522 Active Dr. Paige Macrae — Dentist license Active · Pediatric-Pedodontic Spec Br Prmt 07563-01 Active | Not published | Ziashakeri: Tufts School of Dental Medicine (“pediatric dental specialty training”); Macrae: Children’s Hospital Colorado (“residency in pediatric dentistry”) | Not published | “infancy through adolescence”; “infants, children, teens and the special needs patient” | Request an appointment (form); New Patients page and registration forms | Oct 18, 2026 |
Nearby options
Pediatric dental practices nearest these towns that meet the same criteria at their own office, listed alphabetically, each with the town it is based in.
| Practice and town | Specialist(s) named, and the permit as the register prints it, checked October 2026 | Board certification (as published) | Residency (as published) | Sedation offered (as published) | Ages seen | New patients | Record checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brick Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics Based in Brick | Dr. Seymour Semah, DMD — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice) Dr. Dawn Chillemi, DDS — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice) | Not published | Semah: general practice residency at Monmouth Medical Center; Montefiore Medical Center (pediatric dentistry); Chillemi: NYU College of Dentistry (“Pediatric Specialty degree in 2005”) | Not published (not found on the pages read) | Not published | Request an appointment (form) | Oct 18, 2026 |
Checked against the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Dentistry licensee search.
License and permit statuses were read from the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs license verification register in October 2026, by searching each name as a person under the profession Dentistry. Board certification, residency, sedation, ages seen and new-patient wording are printed as each practice states them on its own website, read in October 2026. We have not checked board certification against a certifying board’s own list.
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 if you run a pediatric dental practice with an office in Manasquan, Brielle, Sea Girt, Spring Lake or Wall Township that should be on this list, write to us. The criteria are the same for everyone: a pediatric dentistry office in one of those towns, and at least one named dentist with an Active New Jersey dental license and a pediatric specialty permit for that office. 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
This is not a ranking.