About Stanley Markman, DDS

Our philosophy of dental practice springs from the famed Pankey Institute (www. Pankey.org) located in Key Biscayne, Florida. The Pankey philosophy pursues excellence in dentistry and comprehensive patient care all of which starts with the correct relationship of the teeth and jaws to each other. If that relationship is incorrect, you might experience tooth wear, jaw muscle pain, jaw pain, TMJ pain and other pain-related maladies. To properly help you we, therefore, start with an analysis of that relationship.

Before we can help, we must diagnose. Our evaluation begins with the careful history of who you have seen and what was done for you in effort to relieve your pain. Once we have a history of your current problem, we'll spend a lot of time asking you many questions, the answers to which will guide us toward the diagnosis. That is followed with a physical exam which includes a neurological survey of your cranial nerves as well as a muscle exam. An oral screening will also be included. X-rays and other imaging will be ordered as or if needed.

Dr. Stanley Markman's Profile:

When I completed my dental training at NYUCD, I spent several months in the Triboro Division of Queens General Hospital where I treated TB patients for their dental needs. I then spent two years in the United States Air Force treating pilots who were in The Tactical Air Command. The US Air Force did not want their pilots to have toothaches while chasing enemy aircraft. I then opened a dental office and have been in private practice ever since.

Along the way I became an attending dentist in Newark Beth Israel Hospital and an Assistant Clinical Professor in the special care unit at NYUCD. I have received three fellowships: A Fellowship in The Academy of General Dentistry in 1978, a fellowship in The American College of Dentists in 2006, and a specialty Fellowship in Oro-Facial Pain in 2007. I am a past president of the Bergen County Dental Society and have been active for many years in the local and state dental society activities.

I am also an instructor at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, teaching in the diagnosis clinic and a lecturer to the dental students on the mechanics of occlusion. I have recently been appointed as an instructor in the Oral Facial Pain Clinic. As a teacher, I instruct post doctoral students, who are in either the fellowship or masters program, to diagnose patients who have unusual or difficult-to-diagnose oral facial pain issues, including difficult-to-resolve TMJ problems. The patients we care for are referred to the clinic because the treating/referring dentists do not know how to diagnose or treat those patients.