Meet The Staff

Maria Bittner has been our dental hygienist since the spring of 2016. After moving to the west coast, Maria and her husband returned to New Jersey in 2016. She most enjoys her grandchildren and travel.

Melissa Gonzalez is our office receptionist/insurance expert. She was born in NY in 1985 and moved to NJ when she was 13. As a teen she was very athletic playing both softball and basketball. She also has a talent for singing and performed in a few shows in NY in her late teens and early twenties.

Last year she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl who is the focus of her life. She most enjoys taking her to the park and for long strolls on the boardwalk.

Her leisure time activities include reading, writing, wine tasting, cooking and most of all spending time with family.

Sudhaben R. Parikh has been our dental assistant since June 2015. Sudha is originally a dentist from India. She moved to New Jersey in 2005 to provide better opportunities for her children.

Her son is currently a student at Rutgers Dental School in Newark and will graduate in 2020.

Her daughter is a pharmaceutical engineer with an MBA in finance.

Sudha enjoys yearly travel with her family and in her spare time likes to cook, watch movies and shop.