Our front desk manager, Bettina Pastor, will greet you on the telephone and when you first enter our office. Bettina will arrange convenient appointments, and will assist you in determining your available dental insurance coverage.  Through the use of electronic connections to various insurance companies, Bettina can quickly and accurately determine your coverage and maximize your benefits to reduce copayments. Our chairside assistants, Kim Schiavone, Michelle Casarella and Maria Cuva will make your clinical experience a comfortable one in their direct assistance of Drs. Zuckerberg and Navarro.  Kim will also help coordinate your future appointments as she works directly with Bettina to make sure that follow up appointments are timely and that any necessary lab work and materials have arrived before your return visit. Our licensed dental hygienists, Lori Bretts (who has been with us for 12 years), Rosemarie Scavello and Mary DiMeglio, will perform comfortable, preventive care including prophylaxis (teeth cleaning), fluoride treatments where applicable, x-rays, sealants, gum treatments, hygiene instruction and tooth whitening procedures.  Where indicated, they will place antimicrobials to combat periodontal disease, minimizing your need for more comprehensive periodontal care. Finally, our employee with the longest term of service in our office, Rosa Cavalluzzi (since 1988) can help you with financial arrangements and will assist you in obtaining the maximum insurance benefits available to you.  Rosa's extensive knowledge of dental insurance companies will allow you to easily navigate the otherwise difficult, bureaucratic world of insurance, and speed up the time it takes for your carrier to pay claims.  She will also work with you on treatment plans where you require financial arrangements and will present options that are affordable and tailored to your budget.  Often times these can be arranged with no interest at all, and on longer payment plans she can arrange for rates that are competitive and far better options than credit card financing.