Dr. Kenneth John Anusavice, DDS

Gregory K. Boyajian
CDT, MDT, DDS, Prosthodontist
From a young age, Dr. Boyajian worked in both his father's and uncle's dental practices. He received his Bachelor's degree majoring in chemistry in 1975 from Salem College in West Virginia. Unable to attend dental school to follow in his father’s footsteps, he established Boyajian Dental Laboratory that year in Clarksburg, West Virginia with his wife, Jessica, and brother, Ben Boyajian, Ph.D. During the laboratory’s first ten years, it served over 100 dentists in the Northeast region of the United States, specializing in crowns, bridges, veneers, full-mouth reconstruction, and esthetic dentistry.
In 1984 upon encouragement from the Dean of Admissions, Dr. William Graham, for whom Dr. Boyajian has utmost respect and admiration, he was able to follow his dream and attend dental school. He graduated in 1988 from West Virginia University School of Dentistry. He was the first student to complete all his requirements in his class, after …which he was given a teaching position at the University with the title, Clinical Instructor of Prosthodontics. He achieved many honors.
Upon graduation, Dr. Boyajian then founded his general dentistry practice, Dental Care Associates, in Clarksburg while continuing to manage the dental laboratory. In order to fulfill his educational ambition, he sacrificed a successful and lucrative practice at age 43 to become a student again, this time, at the University of Florida seeking specialty training in Prosthodontics (full-mouth reconstruction). In the three years that he spent at the University, he was very fortunate to add research to his background. He tested three new ceramic systems and presented his research to the American Academy of Dental Materials. Besides his research he clarified the classification of the dental ceramic field by adding a fourth category, “Ultra-low fusing” based on the new class of ceramics whose fusing temperature is below 850°C. His mentor and teacher, Dr. Kenneth J. Anusavice, DMD, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman of the Department of Dental Biomaterials, acknowledged the new classification and introduced it into the 10th Edition of Phillips’ Science of Dental Materials textbook giving credit to Dr. Boyajian for his contribution. During these three years at the University of Florida, Dr. Boyajian attended Dr. Peter E. Dawson’s seminars on occlusion. Impressed with Dr. Boyajian’s enthusiasm and devotion to dentistry, Dr. Dawson presented him with the latest copy of his book, Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Occlusal Problems in which he wrote,
 Greg – It is a pleasure to have you as a friend.
 Keep up your excellent work for our wonderful profession.
 With warm personal regards, Pete Dawson, Jan 21, 1993.