Felicia M. Baltazar

Dental care in the Pioneer Valley isn’t just about routine cleanings—it’s part of how a community stays healthy. Felicia M. Baltazar operates a practice along Memorial Drive, a stretch of South Hadley that balances quiet residential pockets with the steady hum of everyday errands. The address, 2078 Memorial Dr, places it within easy reach of both Mount Holyoke College’s academic rhythm and the town’s more suburban edges. This isn’t a practice tucked into a strip mall or a high-rise; it’s part of the area’s low-key fabric, where appointments fit between grocery runs and school pickups.

General dentistry here covers the expected—exams, fillings, crowns—but also the less glamorous yet essential work: extractions, root canals, and the kind of preventive care that spares people bigger headaches later. There’s no specialty here beyond the core; it’s the sort of place where a chipped tooth or a stubborn wisdom molar gets addressed without fanfare. South Hadley isn’t a town overflowing with dental offices, so a practice like this fills a straightforward need: regular, no-frills oral health maintenance for a population that skews toward families and long-term residents.

The phone line—413-534-1130—is the kind of number that gets jotted on fridge magnets or saved under “Dentist” in a well-worn contacts list. Calls here likely skip the maze of automated menus; this isn’t a corporate chain with layers of receptionists. Whether it’s scheduling a child’s first cleaning or following up on a persistent ache, the process leans practical. Questions about insurance or payment options would be answered the same way: directly, without the polish of a sales pitch.

Finding the office requires little more than a turn off Route 116, but the map confirms what locals already know—it’s just there, between the post office and the stretch where the speed limit drops. No landmark is needed beyond the address itself; in a town this size, directions are often given in relation to the CVS or the old mill buildings. For everything else, there’s the map—and the understanding that some things don’t need embellishment.