Many Upper West Side families choose a pediatric dentist just across the park. Bright Healthy Smiles, a children’s dentist on the Upper East Side, is about a 10-minute taxi ride away, at 1317 Third Avenue.
Families from Riverside Drive to Central Park West come to us. There are good options closer to home, but they compared the details and decided the trip is worth it.
Upper West Side parents are, famously, thorough. They read reviews. They ask their pediatrician. They compare. And when they start evaluating pediatric dental practices, they tend to ask the right questions: Is the team board-certified? Are the orthodontists genuinely integrated with the pediatric dental team, or just sharing a logo?
Those questions are where we tend to end the conversation.
We have a former president of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry on the clinical team. Our orthodontists share records and communicate directly with our pediatric dentists about every patient. These are not marketing claims. They are the actual composition of the practice.
Upper West Side pediatric dental care at this level exists across the park. Families who find us tend to stay.
Parents comparing options for the best kids dentist Upper West Side families can reach often decide the ride across the park is worth it.
Dental care for every stage of childhood:
Orthodontic care in the same office, from early evaluation through full treatment:
UWS families who find us rarely go looking for another practice. We have watched children start at their first birthday and come back as teenagers for their Invisalign removal. Their parents have, more than once, asked if we could help them with their own orthodontic care too.
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends a first dental visit by the first birthday.
For UWS families already navigating enrichment programs and specialist appointments, this might feel like one more thing. But children who establish care with us early — who grow up knowing Eloise, knowing the team, knowing the space — do not develop dental anxiety. That payoff compounds over 10 years of care.
A children’s dentist UWS families trust to start early is one who earns that trust immediately and builds on it.
Upper West Side families searching for an orthodontist often dread the moment it becomes necessary — because it means finding a second practice, building a second relationship, and coordinating between two providers.
With us, that is not the situation.
Our orthodontic team shares the office with our pediatric dentists. Your child’s jaw development and spacing have been tracked since their first cleaning. The transition to orthodontic treatment is seamless because the team is already informed.
For families on the Upper West Side who are used to managing pediatricians, schools, and extracurricular schedules, not having to vet a second specialist is a real relief.
1317 Third Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10021 — at 75th Street.
The Upper West Side runs from 59th to 110th Street between Central Park and the Hudson River — home to Lincoln Center, the American Museum of Natural History, Riverside Park, and schools like Trinity, Collegiate, and Bank Street.
The families here invest thoughtfully in their children’s education, health, and development. They are the kind of families who end up finding us, deciding the crosstown is worth it, and telling three friends about us.
We are glad they do.
Bright Healthy Smiles is the pediatric dentist Upper West Side NYC families cross Central Park to reach — and the same practice that serves Lenox Hill, Yorkville, Carnegie Hill, and Midtown East.
Whether you found us as a kids dentist for Upper West Side Manhattan families, through a pediatrician referral, or looking for a children’s dentist UWS families trust across the park, you are in the right place.
Upper West Side pediatric dental care at the highest level — across the park. If you are searching for the best kids dentist for Upper West Side NYC families — or the orthodontist Upper West Side Manhattan parents recommend — that is us.
Common questions from families about our office, our team, and how care works before scheduling.
Board-certified pediatric dentistry and orthodontics at 1317 Third Avenue — 10–15 minutes from the Upper West Side. New patients welcome. Call (212) 355-7760 or request an appointment online.
