LAL Dental · Midtown East, NYC
Prosthodontics in Midtown East
LAL Dental is a Prosthodontic practice on East 50th Street in Midtown Manhattan, devoted to restoring and reconstructing teeth: implants, full arches, and complex cases.
Why that distinction matters
Many dental practices in Manhattan offer implants and cosmetic work, and most are general practices. Prosthodontics is a recognized dental specialty requiring three years of training after dental school, and it exists specifically for the work of rebuilding teeth.
Dr. Lal is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics, certified in 2006 after a four-part examination taken over four years. He taught the specialty at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine from 2002 to 2010, and directed its graduate Prosthodontics program from 2005 to 2008.
For a full arch or a failing bite, that training is directly relevant. For a checkup or a filling, it means the same planning behind everyday care, which is why many patients simply keep a Prosthodontist as their regular dentist. Directions, transit and the neighborhood are on our page for patients looking for a prosthodontist in Midtown East.
Planning before treatment
Comprehensive treatment planning comes first, and you see the whole plan, its stages and its sequence before anything begins. Planning the finished result first is what makes new teeth easy to clean, built to last, and look like your own.
Prevention is part of it
Reconstruction only lasts if what surrounds it stays healthy. Thorough examinations, hygiene visits every 4 to 6 months, oral cancer screening and x-rays when there is a reason to take them are treatment, not an afterthought to it.
Technology with a purpose
It all starts with a digital scan of your mouth on the new iTero Lumina scanner, and a 3D CBCT x-ray where one is needed. Digital planning means implant positions are designed against the finished teeth rather than judged during surgery. Both exist to make treatment shorter and more comfortable, which is the only reason to adopt either.
Dr. Kunal Lal, BDS, DDS, MS, FACP
Prosthodontist, Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics
Dr. Lal earned his master's degree in Prosthodontics from Columbia in 2002 and his DDS there in 2004, after qualifying in dentistry at the Manipal Academy of Higher Education in India in 1996.
At Columbia he supervised twelve graduate residents in clinic four days a week, oversaw the curriculum, and was responsible for every resident's master's thesis. Across the division he worked with a team of more than twenty dentists. He received Columbia's Teaching Appreciation Award in 2004 and its Resident Achievement Award in 2002.
He has published on computer-generated surgical templates for implant planning and placement. He also founded the Digital Dentistry Forum, a continuing-education study club for dentists working with digital workflows.
Full biography and credentials- Board certification
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- MSPost-doctoral Prosthodontics, Columbia University, 2002
- DDSColumbia University College of Dental Medicine, 2004
- BDSManipal Academy of Higher Education, India, 1996
- FacultyAssistant Professor of Clinical Dentistry, Columbia, 2002 to 2010
- Program directorGraduate Prosthodontics, Columbia, 2005 to 2008
Dr. Allison Wisniewski, DDS
General Dentist
A Wisconsin native, Dr. Wisniewski practiced dentistry in San Diego for seven years before moving to New York with her family. Like her father and grandfather before her, she graduated from Marquette University School of Dentistry, making her a third-generation dentist.
Her father's practice shaped how she works: a family practice where she gets to know her patients well and gives each of them careful, personal attention. She provides restorative care such as fillings, crowns and bridges, and is Invisalign certified (2021), with completion of the Molis Coaching Program.
Full biography- EducationDoctor of Dental Surgery (DDS), Marquette University School of Dentistry, 2018
- EducationMaster of Science in Medical Physiology, Case Western Reserve University, 2014
- EducationBachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Spanish, Butler University, 2010
- LicensureLicensed in New York and California
- LanguagesEnglish; clinical competency in Spanish
- MembershipsADA member
- Invisalign trainingInvisalign certified in 2021, with completion of the Molis Coaching Program
- Joined LAL DentalOctober 2025
Come and talk it through
A consultation is a conversation about what is going on and what the options are. It does not commit you to treatment.