Dr. Sharon Essner
Dr. Essner is extremely passionate about dentistry, and she adores children. She has more than thirty years of experience and training in pediatric dentistry, and she has served as an associate attending in the Department of Pediatric Dental Medicine at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center since 1990. Dr. Essner has been in practice on Long Island since 1989, and has worked in Jericho, NY for nearly 20 years. She is so excited to bring her expertise to her new home in Plainview, NY!
An active member of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and the American Dental Association, Dr. Essner has volunteered since 1995 at Christina’s Smile Children’s Dental Clinic, which provides dental care for needy children. She has received several awards in her field:
American Society of Dentistry for Children Award
New York Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Award
Quintessence Book Award for excellence in restorative dentistry
Attending of the Year 1995-1996, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Department of Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Essner is board-eligible and holds a Doctorate of Dentistry degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She completed her advanced pediatric dentistry training and served as chief resident of the Division of Pediatric Dentistry at Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Her specialized training included rotations in general anesthesia, intravenous sedation, oral surgery, and infant pediatric and adolescent medicine. Dr. Essner also holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton.
Dr. Essner served as clinical assistant professor in the Department of Children’s Dentistry at the State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine. She has been published in “Quintessence Dental Technology,” a dental journal.