Seventy years on Cedar Street. General, cosmetic, implant and specialist dentistry under one roof, with our own laboratory in the building.
years at the same address. Two minutes’ walk from the Rye Metro‑North platform, free parking outside the door.
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The question is rarely which equipment a practice owns. It is whether the person holding it has seen your problem before, and how many times.
Built into the building
Each one is here because the usual arrangement sends you somewhere else, on another day, to somebody who has not met you.
The problem: every tooth gets solved separately, so nobody is left holding the bite, and it is the bite that decides how long the work lasts.
Prosthodontics is the specialty for restoring and replacing teeth as one case. Dr. Kabcenell is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics, and taught the subject to residents for more than twenty years before it was your mouth on the screen.
The problem: fear turns a one-hour appointment into five years of not going, and it is the five years that do the damage.
Dr. Kirchmann completed a two-year hospital residency at UNC Chapel Hill that included specialised training in IV sedation, so it is given here by the dentist doing the work. Local anaesthesia, laughing gas, oral and IV sedation are all available.
The problem: a crown comes back the wrong shade, and the fix is another envelope, another courier and another fortnight in a temporary.
Ours is in this building. Shade, contour and fit are settled by a technician who can look at the work in the room it was made for, rather than at a photograph of it posted somewhere else.
Not every treatment suits every patient. Candidacy, timing and fees follow an examination, and you are given the estimate in writing before anything begins.
Family scheduling, so a household comes in on one trip. Late hours on Tuesday and appointments on Saturday morning. Free parking at the door, and the Metro‑North platform two minutes away. Blankets and pillows in the chair, and a warm scented towel at the end of it. None of that is dentistry. All of it is why people keep the appointment.
★★★★★Competent, capable care in a relaxed (and relaxing) environment. The sole focus of the practice is good dental health, rather than “selling” as I’ve experienced elsewhere. Great respect is afforded to patient preferences. I’ve recommended this practice to family and friends and will continue to do so as they’re A1 in my book.Bill W.Google review
Meet your dentists
A board-certified prosthodontist and a hospital-trained general dentist, in the same building, on the same case. One of them plans the mouth. The other can sedate you for it. Both have spent decades teaching the work to somebody else before doing it for you.
A mouth rarely needs a single discipline. Prosthodontics, general and restorative dentistry, sedation and children’s care sit along the same corridor here, so a difficult case gets discussed rather than referred away. Nothing is handed off to somebody who has never met you.
Board Certified. Boston University, specialty training at Montefiore. Taught prosthodontics for over 20 years.
SUNY Buffalo, then a hospital residency at UNC Chapel Hill. Assistant Clinical Professor, Albert Einstein.
Stony Brook, with a certificate in Advanced Prosthodontics. A laboratory technician before he was a dentist.
Treatments in Rye, New York
Eighteen treatments, almost none of them referred out. See all of them.
Regular checkups and cleanings, oral cancer screening, tooth‑coloured fillings, crowns and bridges, dentures, inlays and onlays, sealants and sleep apnea appliances. The twice‑a‑year work that decides how much of the rest you ever need.
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Opalescence whitening, and veneers in porcelain, EMAX, no‑prep or composite.
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Endosteal and All‑on‑4, planned from CBCT imaging to use the fewest implants that will hold.
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Whole‑mouth restoration planned by a board‑certified specialist, rather than tooth by tooth.
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Local anaesthesia, laughing gas, oral sedation and IV sedation, given by the dentist treating you.
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Scaling and root planing, crown lengthening, gingivectomy and root surface treatment.
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Sealants, fluoride and fillings, and a first appointment designed not to be memorable.
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Pain, a fracture or a lost restoration. Call the practice and say that it is urgent.
(914) 967-1242 →No surprises
Everything except an emergency starts the same way, and it takes a single appointment. You are told what the next one will cost before any of it begins.
4.9 out of 5 · 490+ patient reviews
★★★★★Competent, capable care in a relaxed (and relaxing) environment. The sole focus of the practice is good dental health, rather than “selling” as I’ve experienced elsewhere. Great respect is afforded to patient preferences.Bill W.Google review
★★★★★Have always been a bit of a baby when it comes to dentists, but after coming here I am no longer worried. Everything from beginning to end was excellent and I was sent home pain free.MikeGoogle review
★★★★★The sedation process was amazing, and I was able to have an extraction and 2 deep fillings done in one appointment. No pain. No problems.Voice O.Sedation dentistry · Yelp
★★★★★I have been going to Rye Dental since I have had teeth. I am 72 years old.Bruce Z.Yelp review
★★★★★Lois is absolutely wonderful! My fiancé also got his teeth cleaned and he hates getting his teeth cleaned, and he was so happy with Lois. Gentle, painless and comfortable. The office staff is also very friendly.Lisa A.Google review
Common questions
Four things, depending on how much you need. Local anaesthesia for pain alone, laughing gas, oral sedation, or intravenous sedation, which is given here by Dr. Kirchmann, who trained in it during a two-year hospital residency. IV sedation suits long appointments, anxious patients and complex medical needs, and most people resume normal activities the following day.
Yes, and often the same morning as their parents. Sealants, fluoride applications and tooth‑coloured fillings, plus emergency appointments when a Saturday goes wrong. Family scheduling means a household can be seen in one trip.
You are given a written estimate of the time and fees for all scheduled treatment, before it starts. Many of our patients have dental insurance; we hand you a completed form carrying everything your carrier needs, which you attach to theirs. Payment is expected at the time of treatment unless arrangements are made with our Business Manager first.
33 Cedar Street, with free parking on site. The Rye Metro‑North station is a two-minute walk, and the practice is a few minutes from both I‑95 and I‑287. We also see patients from Rye Brook, Port Chester, Harrison, Mamaroneck, White Plains and Greenwich.
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