TOP DENTISTS
Henna Desimone, D. D. S.
NORTH JERSEY PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY | 9 FURLER ST. | TOTOWA |( 973) 812-0880
THE SOLO PRACTITIONER, WHO HAS HAD AN OFFICE IN TOTOWA FOR FOUR years, strives to provide the best level of individualized care to her patients. She prides herself on treating patients as if they are family members. Parent satisfaction and patient comfort are of utmost importance.
Dr. DeSimone’ s practice involves a range of pediatric dental treatments including sealants, fillings, space maintainers and extractions. She also has expertise in dealing with children who have special needs. Dr. DeSimone takes the time to listen to parents’ concerns about their child’ s dental health. In her practice there is an emphasis on preventive care beginning at an early age.
She cautions parents not to over-prepare their children for a visit to the dentist, which can make a child apprehensive. Dr. DeSimone enjoys answering children’ s questions and keeps the answers simple, yet honest.
Dr. DeSimone graduated from NYU College of Dentistry. She completed her general practice residency at Hackensack University Medical Center and her dental anesthesia residency at Jacobi Medical Center. She also completed a fellowship in Special Care Dentistry at the Rose F. Kennedy / Montefiore Medical Center.
She completed her specialty training in pediatric dentistry and served as chief resident of Pediatric Dentistry at Staten Island University Hospital. Today, Dr. DeSimone is director of Pediatric Dentistry at St. Joseph’ s Regional Medical Center. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and is Certified by the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.
Dr. DeSimone has completed more residency training than most pediatric dentists. As such, she is uniquely qualified to offer a host of options for a patient’ s care.
In her position as director of Pediatric Dentistry, she keeps abreast of the most current diagnostic and treatment protocols. She notes that learning the technical skills of dentistry and the patient care aspects go hand-in-hand, a point that she stresses to the dental residents she lectures to and supervises at St. Joseph’ s.
The pediatric dentist was raised in the area and notes with pride that among her patients are the children of people she grew up and went to school with. Possessing an ebullient personality, Dr. DeSimone is proud of the comfort level she instills in her patients.
Dr. DeSimone treats patients until they are college age. She enjoys making a difference in the life of a child and creating an atmosphere in which children look forward to visiting the dentist. She also enjoys the challenge of treating a wide range of dental health issues and children’ s behaviors in the chair.
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