About Efterpi Z. Deegan, DMD
Dr. Efterpi (Effie) Zantopoulos Deegan received her Certificate of Prosthodontics from University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), after attending dental school there as well. She is an alumnus of Rutgers- Newark College of Arts and Sciences and West Orange High School. Dr. Deegan is half-time faculty at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, since 2008, and a faculty advisor for Gamma Pi Delta, the prosthodontics honor society. Dr. Deegan is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics, a Fellow of the American Board of Prosthodontics, and participates in several dental study clubs. She speaks Greek, Romanian, Spanish and some French. I’ve wanted to be a dentist since I was 6 years old, so I’m ‘Living the dream!