2026 Top Family-Owned Business in NH: (#107): Great Falls Dental Passed From One Couple to Another

By: Kelly Burch

Outlets: Business NH Magazine

Published: September 15, 2026

Words: 348

Last Updated: 3 days, 2 hours ago


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Husband and wife team Jacob Akers and Mercedes Foss both worked in dentistry—he as a dentist, she as an office manager—but they had hesitations about working together until they installed decorative window trim at their home.

Akers tried and gave up. So did Foss. But when they tackled the project together, they got it done. “Her strengths complimented my weaknesses and vice versa,” Akers says. “We realized we could segue that into …

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