The Beginning

Glendale Dental Arts started out as John Gazarian, D.D.S., Inc., 27 years ago.

Dr. Gazarian graduated in the Summer of 1976, and without any ado, immediately began building his first practice in Woodland Hills, CA.  He custom-designed the 4-operatory office and built it from scratch.  In October of 1976, he had the honor of celebrating his first grand-opening.

Dr. Gazarian immediately captured the local San Fernando Valley population, and the practice grew quickly as word spread of his reputation.  Within a few years, patients began seeking out Dr. Gazarian from all around Los Angeles, driving from places as far as Glendale, Pasadena, and Hollywood.  Soon, the 4-operatory Woodland Hills office had become too limited and too remote to cater to the needs of the high number of patients seeking dental care from around the community.  A decision had to be made.

Glendale

The office space in Woodland Hills unfortunately did not offer room for expansion.  And although thoughts of moving to a larger office in Woodland Hills were considered, the final decision was made to build in Glendale, a more centralized location.

In 1981, the perfect location was found:  3000 sq. feet of office space in the Maryland Office Plaza.  Again the practice was designed by Dr. Gazarian and custom-built from scratch.  The grand opening for the new Glendale office was celebrated in early 1982.

For one year, Dr. Gazarian operated both the Woodland Hills and the Glendale practices.  But in 1983, the Woodland Hills practice was sold so that efforts could be concentrated in Glendale.

Selling the original practice was a hard decision to make, but it allowed Dr. Gazarian to provide his unique dental services to a much wider range of patients in the Los Angeles community.  The patients from Woodland Hills were disappointed with the move, but many still chose to remain under Dr. Gazarian's care by driving to Glendale.

Glendale Dental Arts

The new team of dental associates and personnel was carefully selected from the contacts Dr. Gazarian had previously established.  Twenty years later, several of the original staff members are still employed today!

Originally, Dr. Gazarian and one associate were practicing full time general dentistry, as well has having a full time hygienist on staff.  But as time passed and the practice continued to grow, more associates joined the practice and had the tradition of Dr. Gazarian-style dentistry passed on to them.

Over the years, it became evident that the style of dentistry practiced here was as much an art as it was a science.  And that's when the more fitting name of Glendale Dental Arts was chosen.

Today

At Glendale Dental Arts, Dr. Gazarian is the administrator and chief diagnostician. He is assisted by a team of two general dentists, two hygiene dentists, and one hygienist.  He has developed the high standards for the office, and his associates implement those standards to the fullest.  Dr. Gazarian is focused on uniting the team's spirit and efforts to provide dental care of the highest consistency, quality, and predictability.

The results are that Glendale Dental Arts is often the number 1 chosen referral by insurance companies striving to find the right dental office for a patient struggling elsewhere with complex needs.

Since we are members of so many insurance plans, we are under continual scrutiny by those insurance companies as part of their normal quality assurance measures.  Audits and inspections by insurance companies are a regular, ongoing process.

We are always proud to hear the complements of the inspectors:

A recent insurance inspector said jokingly that he didn't even know why he was here since "This is Dr. Gazarian's office. I know inspecting your office is a waste of my time."

A recent safety compliance inspector said, "This is the best office I've seen this year!"

Another insurance company auditor proudly exclaimed, "Your office is able to bring complex cases to completion when other offices fail.   I don't know how you do it, but I've never seen any office accomplish the things you do."

This is not a perfect world, and no medical or dental procedure can be expected to be perfect especially given the variables of nature and the human body.  With all due respect and humility, we know that not all of our results can be perfect.  But one thing is certain:  no matter what type of situation is presented to us, we do our absolute best to strive for and achieve results as close as possible to perfection, every single time, and even when others would call it impossible.