In Bowling Green, Kentucky, Dr. Regan Ackerman was born and raised. She received a soccer scholarship to attend the University of Florida, and after graduating with honors from the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, she moved back to Kentucky. Since the early 2000s, Dr. Ackerman has been giving people in the Louisville region new smiles. Dr. Todd Shatkin, who invented mini dental implants and their methods, provided her with extensive training. She is a distinguished member of a team of dentists in the United States who use mini dental implants to treat patients’ dental needs as a member of the Mini Dental Implant Centers of America. Dr. Ackerman is a member of the Louisville Dental Society, the Kentucky Dental Association, and the American Dental Association.