Troubled by the statistic that African-Americans make up 13.6% of the US population, but only 3.8% of the dental workforce Dr. Zerita C. Buchanan launched the “Dental Dreams, LLC - Dental Assisting School” to further diversify the dental workforce.

Our mission is twofold: to increase diversity within the dental profession and to provide underrepresented minority students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities with the economic means to pursue their dreams of entering dental school.

The innovative curriculum Dr. Buchanan personally developed provides students with clinical shadowing experience, x-ray certification, and the standardized test preparation required for the dental admission exam.

Since its establishment in 2022, 25 pre-dental students from Morehouse College and Spelman College have attended the “Dental Dreams, LLC - Dental Assisting School” and subsequently become certified dental assistants able to work in dental offices across the state of Georgia.