Dr. J. Lee Ayers

Dr. Lee Ayers is a native of Rock Hill, South Carolina and has been in practice with Columbia Periodontal Associates since 1990. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Presbyterian College in 1979, he has a DMD degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in 1984. Upon graduation from dental school, he practiced general dentistry in Lake Wylie, South Carolina from 1984-1988. He then entered and graduated from MUSC’s division of periodontics and implantology in 1990. He also holds a Masters in Health Science Degree and a Certificate in Periodontics from the Medical University of South Carolina from 1990.

Dr. Ayers is a Diplomat of the American Board of Periodontology. Dr. Ayers has been in many leadership positions in the state and has served as the President of the Greater Columbia Dental Association, the Central District Dental Society and the South Carolina Society of Periodontology and the South Carolina Academy of Dental Practice Administration. Dr. Ayers has been inducted into the membership of the International College of Dentists and the Pierre Fauchard Academy. He has served in leadership roles of the annual SCDA convention for years 2001 and 2005. Dr. Ayers is also a member of the American Academy of Periodontology, the Southern Academy of Periodontology, the South Carolina Periodontology Society, the American Dental Association, the South Carolina Dental Association, the Central Relations Dental City Club, the Enoree River Dental Study Club, and the Columbia Dental Diagnostic Study Club.

Dr. Ayers is happily married to the former Diana Best of Chattanooga. They have three sons. He is a member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Columbia where he has served on the Vestry, Sunday School teacher, and Co-chair of the Stewardship Committee with his wife, Diana. He enjoys coaching his sons in basketball and baseball and enjoys running, tennis and golf.

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