Dr. Manso is a Board-Certified pediatric dentist. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with departmental distinction from the University of Illinois in 2001. She graduated from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry with a Doctorate of Dental Surgery in 2006. Following dental school, she completed her pediatric dental residency in 2008 at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY.
Dr. Manso works in private practice and has held hospital credentials at Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. She regularly performed full mouth rehabilitation at Coney Island Hospital, and served as a clinical professor for pediatric dentists in training at Harlem Hospital -Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Manso is an active member of the American Dental Association, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, the New Jersey Dental Association, and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.
Dr. Manso has provided free dental care to underserved children both internationally and domestically as a medical mission volunteer. She enjoys touring local schools and teaching kids how oral health can be fun. Her passions outside of teaching and dental health advocacy include traveling with her husband and son and participating in community events in Montclair, NJ, where she resides.
Montclair Pediatric Dental Care is the Premier Dental Home for Growing Smiles. Our Growing Smiles Club gives our patients recognition for their commitment to the prevention of dental cavities and gum disease. It is also our Thank You to families for trusting MPDC to be their Dental Home. Growing Smiles Club members have chances to win cool prizes and are eligible for fun promotions throughout the year.
It is a little known fact that dental caries, also known as tooth decay or cavities, is the single most common chronic childhood disease. Unlike so many other chronic childhood diseases, cavities are preventable.