Prosthodontics
Where advanced science meets artistry — world-class prosthodontic care from one of the nation’s most distinguished clinician-scientists.
A prosthodontist is the recognized expert in restoring and replacing teeth. At North Shore Dental Group in Manhasset, NY, our prosthodontist — a Harvard-trained specialist with four doctoral degrees, an Associate Professor at NYU, and an NIH research grant recipient — delivers comprehensive prosthodontic care that transforms even the most complex dental situations into confident, fully functional smiles. Whether you require full-mouth rehabilitation, implant-supported restorations, or precision crown and bridge work, you are in the hands of a nationally and internationally recognized authority in the field.
The Specialist Advantage
A prosthodontist is a dental specialist who has completed three additional years of rigorous, post-doctoral training beyond dental school, focused exclusively on the restoration and replacement of teeth. This makes prosthodontists the recognized experts in rebuilding smiles — from single-tooth restorations to complex full-mouth reconstructions involving implants, crowns, bridges, dentures, and veneers.
While your general dentist is trained to provide a broad range of routine dental services — cleanings, fillings, simple crowns, and preventive care — a prosthodontist specializes in cases that require advanced skill and planning. Think of it this way: if your general dentist is your primary care physician, a prosthodontist is the specialist you see for complex surgical reconstruction. Their extended training covers biomechanics, occlusion (how teeth come together), dental materials science, implant prosthodontics, maxillofacial prosthetics, and the management of temporomandibular (TMJ) disorders.
When should you see a prosthodontist instead of a general dentist? You benefit from specialist care when you have multiple missing teeth, need dental implant restorations, require full-mouth rehabilitation, have experienced failed dental work elsewhere, suffer from severe wear or trauma to your teeth, or are dealing with TMJ/TMD issues. In these situations, the additional three years of focused training a prosthodontist brings to the table translates directly into better outcomes, more predictable results, and restorations that look and function like natural teeth.
At North Shore Dental Group, you have access to not one but two prosthodontists — ensuring that every patient receives specialist-level care for their restorative needs.
Your Prosthodontist
Our prosthodontist is a nationally and internationally recognized clinician-scientist, researcher, and educator whose credentials place him among the most accomplished prosthodontic specialists in the country. He serves as Associate Professor of Prosthodontics at NYU College of Dentistry, one of the world’s premier dental institutions, where he trains the next generation of dental professionals while maintaining an active clinical practice at North Shore Dental Group.
Our prosthodontist’s academic and clinical journey reflects an extraordinary commitment to excellence. He earned his D.D.S. degree and a Ph.D. in Immunology, completed his D.M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, and received his M.M.Sc. (Master of Medical Sciences) from Harvard School of Dental Medicine — where he completed advanced fellowship training in prosthodontics. He also completed a fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and has been recognized as an NIH research grant recipient, reflecting his dual distinction as both a master clinician and a leading researcher.
Beyond the clinic, our prosthodontist is a renowned researcher, lecturer, and editorial board member for peer-reviewed dental journals. His published work spans prosthodontics, dental implantology, biomaterials, and immunology. He lectures nationally and internationally, sharing his expertise with dental professionals worldwide. This combination of deep academic knowledge and hands-on clinical mastery means that when our prosthodontist designs your treatment plan, it is grounded in the latest evidence-based science and refined by thousands of hours of real-world experience.
North Shore Dental Group is also home to our second prosthodontist. Our second prosthodontist brings additional depth to our prosthodontic team, ensuring patients benefit from specialist-level restorative care with flexible scheduling and collaborative treatment planning. Having two prosthodontists under one roof is a rare advantage that allows us to provide truly comprehensive care for even the most complex cases.
Comprehensive Care
From single-tooth restorations to complete oral reconstruction, our prosthodontic team delivers the full spectrum of advanced restorative care. Every treatment plan is individually designed by our prosthodontist using the latest techniques, materials, and digital technology.
Comprehensive restoration of all teeth in both arches using a coordinated combination of implants, crowns, bridges, and prosthetics to rebuild complete oral function and aesthetics.
Custom crowns, bridges, and full-arch prostheses anchored to dental implants for permanent, natural-looking tooth replacement with superior stability and comfort.
Precision-crafted removable prosthetics designed for optimal fit, comfort, and natural appearance. Includes both conventional and implant-retained options.
High-quality porcelain and zirconia crowns and fixed bridges that restore damaged or missing teeth with strength, precision, and lifelike aesthetics.
Individually designed abutment components that connect implant-supported restorations to the implant fixture, ensuring ideal emergence profile and tissue contour.
Comprehensive aesthetic treatment planning that combines veneers, crowns, whitening, and restorations to create a beautiful, harmonious, and natural-looking smile.
Expert relining, rebasing, and repair of existing dentures to restore proper fit, comfort, and function — often completed in a single visit.
Diagnosis and management of temporomandibular joint disorders including jaw pain, clicking, limited opening, and bite-related headaches using splint therapy and occlusal adjustment.
Advanced cases involving multiple teeth, implants, and prosthetic components requiring meticulous planning, precise execution, and specialist-level expertise.
Is a Specialist Right for You?
You should see a prosthodontist when your dental needs extend beyond routine care. The additional three years of post-doctoral training that prosthodontists complete equips them to manage complex restorative challenges that require advanced planning, specialized materials knowledge, and precision execution. Below are the most common scenarios in which specialist care makes a meaningful difference in outcomes.
When you are missing several teeth — whether in one area or throughout both arches — a prosthodontist can design a coordinated restoration plan using implants, bridges, or dentures that restores function and aesthetics comprehensively, rather than addressing teeth one at a time.
Implant restorations involving multiple units, full-arch prostheses, or custom abutments require the precise design and fabrication expertise that prosthodontists are specifically trained to deliver. The difference between a good and exceptional implant result often comes down to the restoration.
When every tooth in both arches needs attention — whether due to extensive decay, advanced wear, trauma, or a combination — a prosthodontist is the specialist who can orchestrate a complete rebuild of your oral architecture from the ground up.
Crowns that keep falling off, bridges that don’t fit, dentures that slip — when previous dental work has not delivered the expected results, a prosthodontist can diagnose why and design a more durable, better-fitting solution using specialist techniques.
Teeth worn down by bruxism (grinding), acid erosion, or traumatic injury present unique challenges in restoration. A prosthodontist understands how to rebuild not just the teeth themselves, but the correct bite relationship and vertical dimension that supports long-term stability.
Jaw pain, clicking, limited opening, and bite-related headaches are often intertwined with occlusal (bite) problems. Prosthodontists are trained in TMJ evaluation and treatment, and can design restorations that support proper jaw alignment and reduce symptoms.
Why does specialist training matter? In prosthodontics, the difference between adequate and exceptional often lies in the details — how a crown is contoured to support the gum tissue, how an implant restoration is angled to distribute bite forces evenly, how a full-arch prosthesis is designed to look and feel natural. These are the details that three years of advanced, hands-on specialist training make possible. When you choose a prosthodontist, you are choosing a provider whose entire career has been focused on getting restorations right.
A Seamless Partnership
Dental implant treatment is a two-phase process that is most successful when performed by a team of specialists working in close coordination. At North Shore Dental Group, our patients benefit from a true specialist partnership that ensures every implant case is managed at the highest level from start to finish.
Our periodontist, a board-qualified periodontist, handles the surgical phase — placing the implant fixtures in the jawbone with precision and expertise. Once the implants have integrated with the bone, our prosthodontist takes over the restorative phase — designing and fabricating the custom crowns, bridges, or full-arch prostheses that attach to the implants and become your new teeth.
This specialist-to-specialist approach means your implant is both surgically placed by a periodontist trained in bone and soft tissue management, and restored by a prosthodontist trained in prosthetic design, occlusion, and materials science. The result is a dental implant restoration that looks natural, fits precisely, distributes bite forces correctly, and is designed to last.
Every implant case at North Shore Dental Group follows a collaborative protocol. Our prosthodontist and periodontist plan each case together, ensuring the implant is placed in the ideal position for both surgical success and prosthetic excellence. This “restoratively driven” approach — where the final restoration guides the surgical plan — is the gold standard in modern implant dentistry.
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Whether you need a single crown or a complete full-mouth rehabilitation, our prosthodontic team at North Shore Dental Group is here to help you achieve optimal oral health, function, and confidence. Schedule your consultation today.