Nancy Summer Lerch, DDS, FAGD, AAACD
Dr. Lerch, is a 1982 graduate of the University of Washington Dental School and a 1984 graduate of the Family Dentistry Residency program from the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine. She was awarded the Team Dentistry award upon completion of dental school and then went on to attain her Fellowship in the Academy of General Dentistry in 1988. In 1989, after joining the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD), she fell in love with cosmetic dentistry and the impact it had on people’s lives. She then renamed her practice “Center for Esthetic Dentistry, LLC”. She became Accredited with the AACD in 1990, the fourth woman in the world to ever do so. In order to keep her eye trained for the best in smile design and to help others attain Accreditation, she started as an examiner and mentor for the AACD in 1992. She went on the Board of Directors of the AACD and then became the editor of the AACD Journal from 1992 through 1994. In 2003 Dr. Lerch was nominated to AACD Ethics Committee, retiring as it’s Chair in 2007. She currently continues as an examiner for the Accreditation process and is a member of the AACD Outreach Committee on Affiliate Membership. She is both a Past-President of the New England Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, an affiliate of the AACD and a past Board member of same.
375 Orange Street
New Haven, CT 06455
203-624-5256
