The Guide: Periodontists in Franklin Township, Manville and North Plainfield, NJ
How We Selected These Periodontists
This guide covers Franklin Township (Somerset), Manville, North Plainfield and South Bound Brook.
A practice is on this page when it has a periodontics 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 periodontics 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 periodontics. 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 periodontics office in the towns named above and at least one named dentist with an Active New Jersey dental license and a periodontics 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.
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The Periodontists, Compared
| Practice and town | Specialist(s) named, and the permit as the register prints it, checked Sept 23, 2026 | Board certification (as published) | Record checked (Sept 23, 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goldberg Implants & Periodontics North Plainfield | Adam S Goldberg — Dentist license Active · Periodontics Specialty Permit 07040 Active | “Board Certified in Periodontics and Implant Dentistry” | 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 is printed as each practice states it 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) | Record checked (Sept 23, 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Associated Periodontists Based in Warren | Tracy R Ginsburg — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice) | “Board Certified in Periodontics & Dental Implants” | Sept 23, 2026 |
| Dental Care Hillsborough Based in Hillsborough | Dr. Shaunak Pal — Dentist license Active · Periodontics Specialty Permit 07528 Active | “Board Certified” | Sept 23, 2026 |
| Dental Specialists of Bridgewater Based in Bridgewater | Scott Zirkin DDS — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice) | “board certified in Periodontology and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology” | Sept 23, 2026 |
| Periodontal & Implant Associates Based in Bedminster | Eric Weiss — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice) | board certified in periodontics (team page) | Sept 23, 2026 |
| Sophia Chadda, DDS Based in Basking Ridge | Sophia Chadda — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice) | “Board Certified by the American Board of Periodontology” | Sept 23, 2026 |
A Note on Reading the Table
Board certification is printed as each practice states it on its own website. We have not checked it against a certifying board’s own list.
The Practices
Goldberg Implants & Periodontics, North Plainfield
176 Cedar Street, North Plainfield, NJ 07060
Named on the practice’s own site, with the register record as of Sept 23, 2026: Adam S Goldberg — Dentist license Active · Periodontics Specialty Permit 07040 Active.
Nearby options
Associated Periodontists, Warren
65 Mountain Blvd Extension Suite 101, Warren, NJ 07059
Named on the practice’s own site, with the register record as of Sept 23, 2026: Tracy R Ginsburg — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice).
Dental Care Hillsborough, Hillsborough
706 Route 206, Hillsborough, NJ 08844
Named on the practice’s own site, with the register record as of Sept 23, 2026: Dr. Shaunak Pal — Dentist license Active · Periodontics Specialty Permit 07528 Active.
Other dentists at this office are not periodontists; the register prints his permits at Denville, Bridgewater, Somerset and Flemington, none at Hillsborough — the office is the one the practice publishes for him.
Dental Specialists of Bridgewater, Bridgewater
216 Finderne Avenue, 1st Floor, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Named on the practice’s own site, with the register record as of Sept 23, 2026: Scott Zirkin DDS — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice).
Multi-specialty office; only Dr. Zirkin is on this guide.
Periodontal & Implant Associates, Bedminster
100 Somerville Rd, Bedminster, NJ 07921
Named on the practice’s own site, with the register record as of Sept 23, 2026: Eric Weiss — Dentist license Active · Specialty permit Active (legacy type, discipline as published by the practice).
Sophia Chadda, DDS, Basking Ridge
41 Stonehouse Road, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
Named on the practice’s own site, with the register record as of Sept 23, 2026: Sophia Chadda — 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
- Periodontists in Bridgewater, Branchburg and Raritan, NJ
- Periodontists in Denville and Mountain Lakes, NJ
- Periodontists near Belle Mead, Skillman and Montgomery Township, NJ
- Periodontists in Montville and Kinnelon, NJ
- Periodontists in Morristown, Morris Township and Morris Plains, NJ
- Periodontists near Parsippany, NJ
- Periodontists in Randolph, NJ
- Periodontists in Basking Ridge and Bernardsville, NJ
- Periodontists in Somerville and Hillsborough, NJ
- Periodontists in Chatham and Madison, NJ
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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