Zase, Martin

Marty Zase was a disc jockey for eight years before becoming a dentist and is an instrument rated pilot. He is a diehard Red Sox fan, an avid reader, a not quite adequate golfer, and a graduate of the Dale Carnegie Institute, Starfleet Academy, and the Landmark Education Forum and Curriculum for Living. Dr. Zase received a B.A. from Boston University and his D.M.D. from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. A former clinical instructor in restorative dentistry at Tufts, he is guest lecturer in cosmetic dentistry at the University of Connecticut, Nova Southeastern, New York University, and Louisiana State University Dental Schools. He has published over sixty dental articles, has served on the editorial or review boards of The Journal of Cosmetic Dentistry, Contemporary Esthetics, and General Dentistry magazines, and lectures internationally on cosmetic dentistry.
He is one of only about a dozen dentists in the world to have both a
Mastership from the Academy of General Dentistry and an Accreditation
in Cosmetics from the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. He
practices in the Colchester Dental Group and is the only dentist in
the greater Hartford area Accredited by the AACD. He was the 2006-
2007 President of the AACD, the largest cosmetic dentistry
organization in the world. He serves on the AACD Board of
Accreditation Examiners and mentors Accreditation candidates. At the
AACD, he was one of the developers of both the University Advisory
Council and the Private Education Advisory Council to help spread the
teaching of cosmetic dentistry to dental students at all stages of
their careers. Dr. Zase was the 2015 recipient of the Lifetime
Achievement Award by the AACD. He is also the President-Elect of the
New England Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. Dr. Zase is Connecticut’s
first and only dentist granted Diplomate status by the American Board
of Dental Aesthetics.
He has developed numerous techniques and instruments that are
currently used in modern cosmetic dentistry. He was inducted into
the Dental Hall of Fame by the genR8TNext Internet dental community
(now the Academy of Comprehensive Esthetics). He has also been
granted fellowships in the American College of Dentists (FACD), the
Pierre Fauchard Academy, and the International Academy of Dental
Facial Esthetics (FADFE), and the AGD has honored him with the
Lifetime Learning and Service Recognition Award for his contributions
to dentistry and dental education. He has been selected by Dentistry
Today magazine as one of the Top Clinicians in Dental Continuing
Education for the last twelve years in a row. Dr. Zase lives in
Glastonbury, Connecticut, practices in the Colchester Dental Group
and is available online at [email protected].
Dr. Zase can usually be found around town, dressed in a Hawaiian shirt and matching socks.