Dr. Douglas Palaganas, DDS
Dr. Douglas Palaganas, DDS is an orthodontics & dentofacial orthopedics practitioner in Wantagh, NY and has over 20 years of experience in the medical field. He graduated from State University of New York / Health Science Center At Stony Brook in 2003. He is affiliated with Stony Brook University Hospital. He is accepting new patients.
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3306 Jerusalem Ave Wantagh, NY 11793Make an Appointment
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Personalized, state of the art care in an environment where you feel like family, not just another patient. Patients deserve to have the doctor spend the time necessary to explain all that goes along with orthodontics prior to deciding on treatment,...read morebiography
"Dr. Doug" Palaganas, a Long Island native, was raised in Syosset, NY, where he graduated from Syosset High School in 1994. Dr. Doug then moved on to receive his BS in Biology fromCornell University in 1998. During the year following graduation,...read moreOrthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics
Stony Brook University Renaissance School Of Medicine
Internship Hospital, 2006State University Of New York / Health Science Center At Stony Brook
Medical School, 2003Cornell University
Undergraduate School, 1998
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- Recipient of 33
hospital awardsAmerica's 100 Best Hospitals Award™ (2025, 2024, 2023)
Top 1% in the nation for providing the highest clinical quality year over year
View all awardsAmerica's 250 Best Hospitals Award™ (2025, 2024, 2023)
Top 1% in the nation for providing the highest clinical quality year over year
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86%Patients said they were given information about recovering at home2% higher than the national average
74%Patients said that doctors always listened to them and explained things well2% lower than the national average
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