Farida Ali, DDS

Education & Training

• B.S., Biology — Fairleigh Dickinson University
• DDS — New York University College of Dentistry (2004)
• Residency — Monmouth Medical Center (2005), recognized as Resident of the Year
• Teaching — Volunteer Teaching Faculty, Monmouth Medical Center, recognized with a Teacher of the Year honor

Professional Memberships

• American Dental Association (ADA)
• New Jersey Dental Association (NJDA)
• Monmouth-Ocean County Dental Society

What seeing Dr. Ali actually looks like

Jackson Dental has one dentist, and that shapes the whole experience more than any single thing on this page. Your exam, your cleaning check, your filling, and the conversation about what to do next are all with the same person, and she remembers the last time she looked in your mouth. There's no rotating between providers and no being handed off mid-treatment to whoever is free.

In practice that means appointments run at a conversational pace. Dr. Ali will tell you what she's seeing before she does anything about it, explain the reasoning behind a recommendation instead of just making it, and say plainly when something can safely wait. Patients bring this up often enough in reviews that it's fair to call it the defining thing about the practice: she'll tell you when you don't need the work.

What she handles, and when she refers out

Dr. Ali treats patients of every age, from a child's first visit through the kind of restorative work that tends to come up later. Most of what a general and family practice covers is done in this office: cleanings and exams, fillings, gum disease treatment, root canals, extractions, crowns and bridges, dentures, implants, plus cosmetic work including bonding, veneers, whitening, and clear aligners. That's fifteen services under one roof, which is the reason most patients here don't get sent elsewhere for routine problems.

She does refer out when a case genuinely calls for it. Surgical treatment for advanced gum disease goes to a periodontist, for instance. When that happens she explains why before referring you, rather than sending you off with a name and no context.

Teaching, and why it shows up here

Alongside running the practice, Dr. Ali served as volunteer teaching faculty at Monmouth Medical Center, working with dental residents, and was recognized with a Teacher of the Year honor for it. Teaching is mostly the work of explaining a procedure clearly to someone who doesn't yet understand it, which is the same skill a patient benefits from in the chair. She also completed her own residency at Monmouth Medical Center, where she was named Resident of the Year, and she's a member of the American Dental Association, the New Jersey Dental Association, and the Monmouth-Ocean County Dental Society.

For patients who are nervous

Nitrous oxide is available for anyone who wants it, adults as much as children. It takes effect quickly and wears off just as quickly once the mask comes off. If it's been years since your last visit, that's a more common starting point than people assume, and the first appointment is an exam and a conversation about where things stand, not a lecture about the gap. Mention nitrous when you schedule and the team can talk through whether it makes sense for you.