Dr. Scherer was born in Bellevue, Ohio and graduated from The Ohio State University College of Dentistry in 1974.  He served in the United States Air Force as a dentist; rank of Captain; stationed at Kincheloe Air Force Base in Northern Michigan. Dr. Scherer’s wife Mary is a dental hygienist in the family practice and also graduated from Ohio State University.

Together they have four children; Kara who graduated from Detroit Mercy College of Dentistry in 2003; Lindsay who graduated in 2003 from Marquette University School of Dentistry in Milwaukee, WI; John Ross who graduated in May 2007 from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester New York. John Ross is in his first year of medical residency in Internal Medicine at Northwestern Hospital-McGaw Medical Center in downtown Chicago. Ashleigh is a 2007 graduate of the University of Detroit Mercy for dental hygiene and is currently practicing in our dental practice.

Dr. Kara Lembo (Scherer) has her own dental practice at 52835 Hayes Rd., Shelby Twp., MI 48315. Dr. Lindsay S. Montgomery after serving a one year Navy dental residency and has completed five years as a Navy dentist as of July 2008 and will be practicing dentistry in Kannapolis North Carolina (a suburb of Charlotte).

Dr. Scherer has been a member of the Academy of General Dentistry and the American Dental Association since 1974. He is also a charter member of the Academy of Functional Orthodontics, and a participating member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry.