The office

Ground floor, parking at the door, and the scanner in the third room.

Ten photographs of the actual practice at 1093 Raritan Road — what to look for from the street, where you wait, where instruments are cleaned, and the machine behind every sentence on this site that starts “the scan shows”.

Floor: Ground; No stairs from the car park
Parking: At the door; Free
Wheelchair: Accessible; Level entrance
Nearest exit: GSP 135; Clark / Westfield

Lukenda Dental occupies a ground-floor suite at 1093 Raritan Road, Suite 1, Clark, New Jersey 07066, a minute from Garden State Parkway exit 135. Parking is free and at the door, the entrance is level, and the practice has its own 3D imaging unit, two treatment rooms and a dedicated sterilisation area.

Photographs of the practice, August 2026.

1093 Raritan Road from the street, with the Lukenda Dental sign on the building and the road sign at the kerb — **What to look for**The building sits back from Raritan Road behind the sign board. The practice name is on the wall by the entrance and the number is 1093.

Reception desk at Lukenda Dental — a curved granite counter with orchids and a screen — **Reception**Ground floor, no stairs from the car park to the desk.

Waiting room with black leather chairs, a rug, artwork and a wall-mounted screen — **Waiting room**Rarely used for long. Appointments here run to time because the diary is not stacked.

VATECH panoramic and 3D imaging unit standing beside a wall-mounted monitor — **The 3D scanner**This is the machine behind every sentence on this site that begins “the scan shows”. It maps bone height, width and nerve position before an implant is planned — not after.

Treatment room with the chair, a monitor showing digital records and a wall-mounted X-ray head — **Treatment room**Your records and images are on the screen next to the chair, so what is being explained is the thing you are looking at.

A second treatment room with the chair, overhead light and delivery unit — **A second room**Two rooms means an emergency can be worked in without cancelling somebody else’s appointment.

Sterilisation area with two autoclaves in a cabinet above the instrument preparation counter — **Sterilisation**Instruments are cleaned, bagged and autoclaved in a dedicated area, not in the room where treatment happens.

Instrument preparation bay with a MidMark autoclave, sink and supplies — **Instrument preparation**Most practices have this room. Few show it, which is odd, because it is the one patients quietly wonder about.

Two framed ICOI certificates on the wall beside the frosted glass door — the International Congress of Oral Implantologists and its Implant Prosthetic Section, both awarded to Richard Lukenda — **The certificates on the wall**Fellowship of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, and the ICOI Implant Prosthetic Section. Both in Dr. Lukenda’s name.

Framed plaque reading Top Dentists, as published in New Jersey Monthly, July 2019, selected by peer recognition, awarded to Richard Lukenda, DMD — **Recognition**Top Dentists is compiled from peer nominations — dentists naming the dentist they would send their own family to. Dr. Lukenda has since been named a Nobel Biocare Center of Excellence (2025) and received the Osstem Award for Research and Development (2026).

Before you come in

Three things people ask the front desk.

Everything else is easier to answer on the phone than to read.

Call 732-428-4080

I broke a tooth this morning. Can I be seen today?

Call the office and say it is an emergency. Same-day slots are kept for exactly this, and a broken tooth that hurts is the reason they exist. If the practice is closed, the message tells you what to do next.

My English isn't strong. Will I be able to explain things?

Yes. The office speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Slovak and Czech. Say which language you are most comfortable in when you call, and the appointment is arranged around it. Consent forms and treatment plans get explained in that language too.

Do I need a referral to be seen?

No. You can book directly. If another dentist has referred you for implant treatment, bring the referral and any recent X-rays — it saves repeating imaging you have already had.

Next step

Come and see it before you commit to anything.

The first consultation is a conversation. No treatment happens that day.

Book a consultation 732-428-4080 Directions and hours

1093 Raritan Rd, Clark NJ