Dr. Sylvia L. Irwin DMD, PhD
Dr. Irwin received her BA from Douglass College where she was a Phi Beta Kappa honors graduate. In 1980 she graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University Dental School and then went on to complete a General Practice Residency at the University Hospital of UMDNJ. Dr. Irwin came to Nutley in the fall of 1981, taking over an existing dental practice on High Street. In 1996 our practice moved to its current location on the corner of Washington and Grant Avenues. The move has made our office more easily accessible and has allowed us to expand and to provide ample parking for our patients.
In dentistry, education does not end when you finish school. Dentistry is an ever-evolving field and you may feel confident in knowing that Dr. Irwin is committed to continuing dental education as a means of staying abreast of new techniques, procedures, and advances in dentistry. In order to provide the highest quality and state of the art care she has continued her training through participation in numerous continuing education courses. As part of her ongoing commitment to keeping abreast of new materials and techniques, Dr. Irwin serves as a clinical evaluator for several dental journals, and her reports have been published in various journals.
Dr. Irwin received a Certificate of Completion for her participation in the Golden Study Group’s six month Implant Prosthetics Course, and is a member of the American Dental Association, the New Jersey State Dental Association, and the Essex County Dental Association. She also mentors dental assisting students from nearby schools, providing externship supervision and training
On Fridays Dr. Irwin serves as an attending dentist at the Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center’s Dental Residency Program. There she supervises the dental clinic, instructs the residents in all phases of dentistry and gives weekly lectures. Dr. Irwin also supervises the clinic’s participation in the annual Give Kids a Smile Day, a day of charitable dentistry.
On Fridays Dr. Irwin serves as an attending dentist and head of the General Dentistry section at the Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center’s Dental Residency Program. There she supervises the dental clinic, instructs the residents in all phases of dentistry and gives weekly lectures. Dr. Irwin also supervises the clinic’s participation in the annual Give Kids a Smile Day, a day of charitable dentistry.
For over ten years Dr. Irwin and her staff have donated their time and expertise to Donated Dental Services (DDS) program; designed to assist the elderly and disabled with necessary care. DDS is an outreach of the Dental Lifeline Network, to learn more click here.
On a more personal note, Dr. Irwin is happily married to a USCG licensed fishing boat captain, and has one married son who works in the technology sector. In her spare time Dr. Irwin also became a USCG licensed captain and completed a PhD in German with a concentration in the Medieval Period at Rutgers University. She is also an avid reader, fisherman and cook.
About Brighter Smiles Dental
Brighter Smiles Dental is the practice of Dr. Sylvia Irwin. Since 1981, Dr. Irwin and her staff have been providing patients with expert dental care in a calm and relaxing setting. For more information or to schedule an appointment please click here or call our Nutley, New Jersey dental office at: 973.667.1567.
