Dr Frederick Hecht

For more than 30 years, Staten Island dentist Dr. Fred Hecht has served patients with comfortable dental care built to last. He holds patient comfort in high regard, and as a result he became a certified sedation dentist offering laughing gas, oral conscious sedation, and IV sedation at Staten Island Dental Care. He has also studied after receiving his dental degree to become a a cosmetic dentist to bring beautiful smiles to his patients. As a graduate of the Pankey Center and the Kois Center, he has studied advanced procedures in many facets of dentistry. Dr. Hecht also enjoys being a part of The Flying Doctors, and he participates in missionary trips to improve oral health worldwide. He has received the Mastership award from the Academy of General Dentistry (MAGD), which is the highest honor bestowed to dentists in their pursuit of excellence and lifelong learning. Less than two percent of general dentists in the United States and Canada have earned the MAGD award and Dr. Hecht is the only dentist on Staten Island to receive this award. He completed over 1,100 credit hours of continuing education, earned 400 of those 1,100 credits in hands-on courses, and passed an exam equal in difficulty to board certification exams. He served two years in the U.S. Air Force (Captain in the dental core).