Joseph DiFazio, D.M.D., FACP, FAAMP

Anastasiia Chokhliad,
6 Difazio

107 Monmouth Road, Suite 101, West Long Branch, NJ 07764 | 732.542.0011 | www.drdifazio.com

My specialty is your smile. What sets Dr. Joseph DiFazio apart is that being a prosthodontist is an unparalleled passion. His experience in prosthodontics remains unsurpassed as Dr. DiFazio has restored smiles for over 40 years. Not only is Dr. DiFazio one of roughly 350 maxillofacial prosthodontists worldwide, but he is also one of the only Diplomates of the American Board of Prosthodontics and the only Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics in the Monmouth/Ocean County area. He’s also a Fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists and the American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics.

In November 2025, Dr. DiFazio was elected president of the American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics. Dr. DiFazio has accepted countless challenging restorative and prosthetic cases.

After Dr. DiFazio graduated Christian Brothers Academy, Fairleigh Dickinson University, and Rutgers School of Dental Medicine with honors, he served as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy Dental Corps at Parris Island, South Carolina, where his passion for prosthodontics was born.

Dr. DiFazio then completed his residency at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Upon finishing, he returned home to open his prosthodontic practice and a clinical faculty position at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, where he continues teaching undergraduate and graduate prosthodontics.

After decades in practice, Dr. DiFazio has taught advanced skills to thousands of dentists around the country and abroad. In 1984, Dr. DiFazio performed Monmouth County’s first implant, and he remains a leader in dental implantology, offering restorative implants, crowns, dental bridges, denture systems, and specialized prosthetic care to patients with medical-related, acquired, traumatic, congenital, and developmental facial defects.

Meet Dr. DiFazio and find out why his patients comment that he always has their best interests at heart when it comes to treatment.