Mays Landing, New JerseyD.M.D., FAGD, FACE, FICOI
He teaches
this work
to other dentists.
Dr. John Nosti is Clinical Director of Education for the Clinical Mastery Series, faculty at the Misch Institute of Implantology, and the author of the Ultimate Occlusion course series. The complex cases other practices refer out are the ones that come here.
Mays Landing, New JerseyWhat we do
The work he is known for.
Functional cosmetics, full-mouth rehabilitation and TMJ dysfunction — the three things he practices, teaches and writes about.
Full-mouth rehabilitation
When years of wear, failing crowns, cracked teeth and a collapsed bite have to be solved together rather than one tooth at a time.
02TMJ & occlusion
Jaw pain, morning headaches, teeth that keep chipping. Usually one problem wearing several disguises — and the subject he lectures on nationally.
03Smile design
The plan comes before the porcelain. The finished smile is designed, tested and agreed before a single tooth is prepared.
04Porcelain veneers
Thin ceramic bonded to the front of the tooth. Done well, almost no enamel is removed and the result is indistinguishable.
05Dental implants
A titanium root and a custom crown, from a single tooth to a full arch. Planned around the finished teeth, not the other way round.
06Sleep apnea appliances
For patients whose physician has diagnosed apnea and who cannot tolerate CPAP, a custom oral appliance is a recognized alternative.
The standard
Teaching a technique to a room of skeptical dentists means being able to defend every step of it.
Why it matters who does it
The dentist who teaches the course
is the one doing your case.
Plenty of dentists take continuing education. A much smaller number write it. Dr. Nosti authored the Ultimate Occlusion series — three courses on functional dentistry, full-mouth rehab and complex cases — and teaches them to practicing dentists around the country, along with a live-patient program where they watch him work.
That matters here for a plain reason. Teaching a technique to a room of skeptical clinicians means being able to defend every step of it, including the inconvenient ones. The same standard applies when it is your mouth.
The bite is the foundation
Beautiful teeth on a broken bite
do not stay beautiful.
Most cosmetic dentistry that fails does not fail because of the porcelain. It fails because the bite underneath it was never addressed, and the new teeth were asked to absorb forces the old ones had already lost the argument with.
This practice starts at the other end. The joints, the muscles and the way the teeth actually meet are assessed first — with T-Scan digital occlusal analysis and joint vibration analysis where the case warrants it — and the cosmetic work is built on top of a bite that works.
The instrument
Paper shows you where.
This shows you when.
A bite is an event, not a picture. T-Scan records which tooth arrives first, how hard, and whether the two sides land together. Play it, or drag through it.
What you are looking at
Each circle is a tooth, and the size and brightness of its bloom is the force on it. The timeline underneath runs from the moment the teeth begin to meet to full closure. In a bite that is destroying teeth, one contact arrives early and alone, and takes the whole load while the rest are still on the way down.
The standard, in practice
The plan is finished before the first tooth is touched.
Dr. Nosti showing a patient the result that was designed, tested and agreed first
Is this for you
Who tends to do well here.
Probably not the right fit
Better served another way
- Routine cleanings alone — we are glad to do them, but you will not need this page
- A single straightforward filling
- Anyone looking for a price over the phone without an examination
- A case where the quickest option is the only consideration
A good fit
Reconstructive and cosmetic cases
- Teeth that are worn short, chipping or cracking and nobody has explained why
- Jaw pain, clicking or morning headaches that have been dismissed before
- Old crowns and veneers that no longer match or keep failing
- A smile you have never liked and have been quoted several different plans for
- Several missing or failing teeth where the whole mouth needs one plan
The dentist
He teaches occlusion
and full-mouth rehab
for a living.
Dr. John Nosti graduated from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey — now Rutgers School of Dental Medicine — in 1998, and completed a general practice residency at Lehigh Valley Hospital the following year. He describes himself as a continuing-education junkie, and the description has held up: the courses he once traveled to take are now courses he writes.
He is Clinical Director of Education for the Clinical Mastery Series, which he co-founded, faculty at the Misch Institute of Implantology, adjunct faculty at the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health, and a clinical instructor with the Hornbrook Group. He authored the Ultimate Occlusion series and a live-patient program in which dentists watch him treat a full-mouth case from start to finish.
- 1998
- D.M.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey — now Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
- 1999
- General Practice Residency, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Fellowships
- FAGD · FACE · FICOI — Academy of General Dentistry, Academy of Comprehensive Esthetics, International Congress of Oral Implantologists
- Teaching
- Clinical Director of Education, The Clinical Mastery Series — which he co-founded
- Faculty
- Misch Institute of Implantology · Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health · The Hornbrook Group
- Published
- Editorial advisory board and eighteen articles in Dentaltown; also JAACD, Dental Economics, Inside Dentistry and Dentistry Today
- Recognized
- “Top Dentist,” New Jersey Monthly, by peer vote since 2010; named a top educator by Dentistry Today
Where we are
Harding Highway, Mays Landing.
Free parking at the door, and most patients come from Mays Landing, Egg Harbor Township, Galloway and Linwood.
Common questions
Before you call.
What does full-mouth rehabilitation cost?
It depends on how many teeth are involved, what state they are in, and whether the bite has to be rebuilt at a new vertical dimension. The range is genuinely wide, which is why nobody can quote it honestly over the phone.
What you will get at a consultation is an examination, the records the case needs and a written, itemized plan — with the sequence and the fees set out before anything is scheduled.
Why does my dentist keep replacing the same crown?
Usually because the force that broke it the first time has not changed. A restoration that keeps failing is a symptom; the bite is the thing worth investigating. That is the core of what Dr. Nosti teaches.
Do you treat TMJ, or just refer it out?
It is treated here, and it is one of the subjects he lectures on nationally. Assessment comes first — joints, muscles, wear patterns and how the teeth actually meet — and reversible treatment comes before anything permanent.
I have been told I need veneers on all my front teeth.
Possibly. But a second opinion is worth having, because the number of teeth that need treating is a function of what you want the result to look like and what the bite will tolerate — not a fixed figure. Bring the plan you were given.
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Next step
Start with an examination and a straight answer.
A consultation includes an examination, the records the case needs and a written, itemized plan. If what you are asking for is not the right treatment, Dr. Nosti will say so and tell you what is.