Affiliation:

Tufts Faculty Practice

Why She Was Nominated:

Over a decade ago, Dr. Lagreca moved from Vene­zuela to the U.S., leaving behind friends and family to forge her own prosthodontic path. In addition to practicing at Tufts since 2017, she has also been a full-time professor of postgraduate prosthodontics since 2015, course director of a continuing-education program for internationally trained dentists at Tufts Dental, an active leader in the American College of Prosthodontics and director of the Academic Dental Career Fellowship Program at Tufts. Dr. Lagreca’s latest project is her podcast, The International Dentist, dedicated to helping foreign-trained doctors navigate the tasks of transferring their skill sets to American clinical settings.

Tool She Can’t Live Without:

“My Nikon camera and twin flashes.”

Exciting New Trend:

“The integration and embra­cing of technologies, not only in clinical practice but also in education— the opportunity to change the patient experience for the better via teledentistry, optimize digital workflows and the reliability of educational technologies. This is an exciting and transformational time for dentistry.”

Most Memorable Patient:

“A maxillofacial patient for whom I was making an obturator while in residency. I found a new lesion while taking impressions, and it was recurrent cancer. I wish I had met her sooner; she died a few weeks after my findings.”

Post-Pandemic Plans:

“I finally started my EMBA! It’s one of those things that was on my to-do list for way too long, and it’s finally becoming reality. I’m graduating summer of 2022.”