Convenient Access from Browns Mills
Families around Mirror Lake can keep their checkups close to home without touching a highway. Dental Arts Group cares for patients at its office in New Egypt, about 16 minutes north of Browns Mills, so anyone searching for a dentist near Browns Mills has a short, simple drive. Our dentists handle cleanings, fillings, gum care, root canals and clear aligners under one roof.
Start at the Pemberton Community Library at 16 Broadway Street and follow Broadway (County Route 667) onto West Lakeshore Drive along Mirror Lake. Turn right on Bayberry Street, left on East Lakeshore Drive, and stay north on Browns Mills-Cookstown Road for about 4.3 miles. In Cookstown the road becomes Main Street and then Cookstown-New Egypt Road (County Route 616), which turns into Maple Avenue as you reach New Egypt.
A left onto Jacobstown Road brings you to 4 Jacobstown Rd, New Egypt, NJ 08533. Plan on roughly 16 minutes for the 7.9-mile trip, with no tolls anywhere along it. You can pull up the office on Google Maps before you leave. Neighbors closer to the base can see our Fort Dix page, and families in Wrightstown can read about Wrightstown.
Lake Country Living and a Steady Dental Routine in Browns Mills
Browns Mills is a census-designated place in Pemberton Township, Burlington County, and it is a separate community from Pemberton Borough. It sits in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, with Mirror Lake and Big Pine Lake inside its borders. What began as a spot for resort hotels and lakefront summer cottages grew into a year-round community.
Daily life in Browns Mills runs through a few shared places. The Pemberton Community Library on Broadway opened in 2001, when the township and borough libraries merged, and it works with families from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. Deborah Heart and Lung Center, a specialty hospital founded in 1922, is another familiar name in town. Country Lake Estates and Cookstown are close neighbors.
Our weekday schedule fits a family calendar. Tuesday opens at 8:30 AM and Thursday at 8:00 AM, while Wednesday runs until 6:00 PM for after-school visits. Monday hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and the office opens from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM every other Friday. Weekends are closed.
Because the route stays on county roads, the drive from Browns Mills is simple. A Wednesday visit can follow school pickup, since the office stays open until 6:00 PM that day.
What Browns Mills Parents Should Know About Their Kids' Teeth
Children in Browns Mills attend a long list of Pemberton Township schools, from Denbo-Crichton and Joseph S. Stackhouse in the early grades to Marcus Newcomb Middle School and beyond. A school year packs in sports, homework and early mornings, and checkups are easy to postpone. Small cavities rarely hurt at first, so a routine exam is usually where they get caught.
Prevention does most of the heavy lifting. A cleaning visit can include digital x-rays and, when it helps, fluoride varnish brushed on in the office after the cleaning. Sealants protect the grooved chewing surfaces of back teeth. Our patient education topics on brushing technique, flossing and sealants are worth reviewing together at home.
Baby teeth matter more than many parents expect, because they hold space for the adult teeth underneath. When decay reaches the nerve of a primary tooth, a pulpotomy or pulpectomy can sometimes save it instead of pulling it early. That keeps chewing and spacing on track until the tooth falls out on its own.
Parents should not skip their own care, either. Gum disease can build quietly while adults focus on everyone else's appointments. New patients without insurance can start with the $99 Cleaning, Exam, & X-Ray special, which applies when there is no periodontal disease.
Services From a Dentist Near Browns Mills
Cavity Repair
When a cavity does form, our dentists restore it with white composite fillings that blend with the tooth. A larger break may need a digital ceramic crown in zirconium or lithium disilicate, which also protects a tooth after a root canal.
Cavity & Disease Prevention
Checkups, cleanings, digital x-rays and sealants form the base of care for Browns Mills kids. Fluoride varnish suits children, teens, braces wearers and anyone with recent cavities, and adults get an oral cancer screening.
Invisalign®
Older teens and adults can straighten teeth with SmartTrack clear aligners planned from an iTero digital scan. Aligners change about every two weeks, and the overall timeline varies by case.
Endodontics
Root canal therapy and retreatment save adult teeth with infected nerves, and pulpotomy or pulpectomy treats deep decay in baby teeth. Lingering sensitivity to hot or cold, pain on biting and gum swelling are signs to call.
Healthy Gums
Busy parents often notice bleeding gums last. A gum screening at each visit spots trouble early, and scaling and root planing treats gum disease before it advances.
Meet Your New Egypt Dental Team
Dr. Frances Lovric and Dr. Zehra Husain are the general dentists at our New Egypt office. Dr. Lovric worked as a dental assistant and hygienist before earning her dental degree at NYU, and she teaches in the Dental Hygiene department at Rowan College at Burlington County. Dr. Husain completed her general practice residency at Rutgers University Hospital in Newark.
Insurance & Financing
The office is in network with many PPO plans, including Delta Dental, Cigna, MetLife, Aetna and Horizon BCBS. It does not take HMO or DMO plans, Medicaid or Medicare. Households without coverage can join DAG Prime Savings, an in-house membership plan with couple and family options that takes 20% off general treatment.
What Others Are Saying
My friends at Dental Arts Group in New Egypt are the BEST. I’m so lucky to have a team so professional and personal to trust my health and well being to. Don’t wait. Just make the appointment! Thank you!
Gregg P.
All of the team are friendly, welcoming, and professional. The office is clean and nicely decorated with a spacious waiting area. My kids and I’s dental wellness are in excellent hands at Dental Arts Group. I highly recommend them!
Lisa C.
Great experience at Dental Arts Group today. Such a welcoming and friendly environment. You know you are special when you have an appointment on your birthday and you walk into the exam room and there are balloons. Love this place.
Mary Ellen B.
Everything was great. The hygienist was warm, kind, and gentle. She cleaned my teeth very well and was efficient. The doctor was also very kind and made me very comfortable. Great place.
Donnie M.
Frequently Asked Questions
How far is Dental Arts Group from Browns Mills, and how do I get there?
Dental Arts Group is about 7.9 miles from the Pemberton Community Library in Browns Mills, roughly a 16-minute drive. Take Broadway and the Lakeshore Drives to Browns Mills-Cookstown Road (County Route 667), then County Route 616 through Cookstown into New Egypt. For families wanting a dentist near Browns Mills without highway driving, the whole route uses county roads.
Can I book my children's cleanings one after another?
Yes. Families can ask for back-to-back cleanings, when the schedule allows, so brothers and sisters are seen during the same trip. Wednesday appointments run until 6:00 PM, which helps after school, and Tuesday opens at 8:30 AM for an early start. Call the front desk or book online, and mention how many children need a visit so the times line up.
Can a baby tooth with a deep cavity be saved instead of pulled?
Often, yes. When decay reaches the nerve of a primary tooth, a pulpotomy or pulpectomy can treat the problem and keep the tooth in place until it falls out naturally. That matters because baby teeth hold space for adult teeth. An exam and x-rays show whether treatment or removal makes more sense for your child.
What does fluoride varnish do, and who should get it?
Fluoride varnish is a coating painted on the teeth after a cleaning to help strengthen enamel against cavities. Our office applies it in the chair, and it takes only a few minutes. Good candidates include children, teens, patients with braces, people taking medications that reduce saliva, and anyone who has had recent cavities.
Will a white filling match the color of my natural tooth?
Yes. Composite fillings are tooth-colored and shaded to blend with the surrounding enamel, so they are hard to spot when you smile. Our dentists use them to repair cavities. If a tooth is too damaged for a filling, a digital ceramic crown in zirconium or lithium disilicate can cover and protect it instead.
Schedule Your Visit from Browns Mills
Call 609-359-0034 or book online to set up care with a dentist near Browns Mills. Our areas we serve page lists the other communities we welcome, and the Dentist New Egypt, NJ page covers the office itself.
