Zerita C. Buchanan

Zerita C. Buchanan, DDS, MPH, serves as a Cosmetic & Implant Dentist at Dental Dreams, LLC in Lithonia, GA, where community-focused dental care has been provided for over twenty years. In addition to clinical practice, Zerita is the President for Health Equity, Innovation, & HBCU Engagement at BlueSKY Collaborative Partners and holds board positions with the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Georgians for a Healthy Future. Zerita is the Founder of the Dental Dreams, LLC Dental Assisting School and serves as Assistant Director for the Increasing Diversity in Dentistry Pipeline Program. Academic roles include Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor and Lecturer at Morehouse School of Medicine and Spelman College, respectively, focusing on health equity and collaborative care. Zerita's educational background includes a Master of Public Health from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.