Dr. Nicholas Capogrosso, DDS

Dental work isn’t exactly the kind of thing people get excited about, but finding a dentist who handles the basics—cleanings, fillings, extractions—without the upsell pressure makes it easier. Some places push whitening treatments or cosmetic add-ons before you’ve even sat down. Not every practice operates that way, though.

Over on Tennent Road in Manalapan Township, near where the strip malls thin out into quieter office stretches, there’s a dentist’s office at 821 Tennent Rd, NJ 07726. The kind of spot you’d pass on the way to the grocery store and not think twice about, unless you actually needed a checkup. Routine care, crowns, even the occasional root canal—standard fare, but that’s often what people are after.

Questions about insurance coverage or what’s involved in a procedure? The number to call is (732) 536-2600. For anyone mapping it out, the directions are pinned here.