Meet our doctors in Fanwood NJ
Who You'll See at Dental Sanctuary of Fanwood
When patients search for Meet Our Doctors in Fanwood NJ, they usually want more than a bio page. They want a sense of whether the person holding the mirror will listen, explain things without jargon, and actually remember them the next time they walk in. That is fair, and it is the reason this page exists.
Dental Sanctuary of Fanwood is a female-owned neighborhood practice led by Dr. Tanvi Patel and Dr. Priya Patel. The office handles cleanings, fillings, cosmetic work, implants, orthodontics, periodontics, and children’s care under one roof, which means the doctor who plans your treatment is usually the same doctor who does it. No handoffs to a stranger in another building.
We built the office as a sanctuary on purpose. Quiet rooms, unhurried appointments, and honest conversations about what a treatment involves before anyone picks up an instrument. If you have been putting off the dentist for a while, this is a soft place to start again.
Dr. Tanvi Patel, Owner and Dentist
Dr. Tanvi Patel owns the practice and set the tone for how the day runs here. She studied biomedical sciences at Rutgers University and earned her Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. That is the paper trail. The part that matters more is how she talks with people.
She is direct without being blunt, and she has a knack for helping anxious patients settle in without making a production of it. If you raise your hand mid-appointment because something does not feel right, she stops. If you want to know what a crown is before she describes the steps, she starts there. A lot of what she does is simply listening long enough to figure out what a patient actually needs.
Outside the office she dances, hikes, travels, and stays involved in the community. Patients who have been coming for a while tend to know a little about her family and her weekends, and she knows a little about theirs. That is the kind of relationship the practice is built around.
Dr. Priya Patel, Dentist
Dr. Priya Patel, DMD, earned her dental degree at the Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry at Temple University, where she was a Kornberg Scholarship recipient. She joined the practice because the way it treats patients matched the way she wanted to work: slower conversations, careful hands, and a real interest in the person behind the chart.
Her strength is untangling situations that feel overwhelming. A patient who has not been to the dentist in years, a mouth with several things going on at once, a treatment plan that another office made feel like a sales pitch. She walks through the numbers, explains what is urgent and what can wait, and lets people decide from there. If waiting a few months on something makes more sense, she will say so.
Patients tell us she is easy to talk to, which sounds like a small thing until you have sat through an appointment where the dentist barely looked up. She asks questions, answers yours, and tailors what happens next to what you actually want out of your care.
How the Two Doctors Work Together
Dr. Tanvi Patel owns the practice and set the tone for how the day runs here. She studied biomedical sciences at Rutgers University and earned her Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. That is the paper trail. The part that matters more is how she talks with people.
She is direct without being blunt, and she has a knack for helping anxious patients settle in without making a production of it. If you raise your hand mid-appointment because something does not feel right, she stops. If you want to know what a crown is before she describes the steps, she starts there. A lot of what she does is simply listening long enough to figure out what a patient actually needs.
Outside the office she dances, hikes, travels, and stays involved in the community. Patients who have been coming for a while tend to know a little about her family and her weekends, and she knows a little about theirs. That is the kind of relationship the practice is built around.
What It's Like to Be a Patient Here
Most new patients tell us the same thing on the second visit: it did not feel like a dental office. Part of that is the space itself, quiet and unhurried. Part of it is that we schedule with enough room to actually talk. And part of it is that nobody is trying to talk you into treatment you do not need.
We see kids for their first cleanings, teenagers in braces or Invisalign, adults who want to fix something cosmetic that has bothered them for years, and older patients working through implants or dentures. Fanwood is a small town, and a lot of our patients live a short drive away in Westfield, Scotch Plains, Plainfield, Cranford, Clark, and across Union County. Some have been coming for years. Some walked in last month.
If you are nervous, tell us. We will go slower, explain more, and stop whenever you raise your hand. None of that is a marketing line. It is how the day is built.