New!
For patients who do not like the prolonged effects of dental anesthesia, we now
offer OraVerse. Click the link below to view the patient brochure.
http://www.oraverse.com/ assets/pdf/patient-brochure.pdf
We are conveniently located off Fields Drive, beside Central Carolina Hospital, on Central Drive.
Our office is the second building on the left.
Office hours are Monday through Thursday from 8:00 - 5:00 (closed from 12:30-1:30)
Dr. Michael C. Hattaway graduated from
Sanford Central in 1970 where he played football under Coach Paul Gay and was a
member of the 1968 championship team. Dr. Hattaway went to undergraduate school
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received a BA degree in
Zoology in 1974. He began practicing dentistry in 1981 after receiving his DDS
from the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry in Chapel Hill in
1980. He is also a graduate of the Peter
Dawson Occlusion Curriculum in St. Petersburg Florida. He is a member of the Lee
County Dental Society and the American Dental Association. He is also a member
of the North Carolina Dental Society where
he served as President of the Fourth District from 2004 to 2005. Dr. Hattaway is
an avid Tar Heel fan and a member of the Ram Club. He is also an exercise nut
and has been actively running as a form of exercise since 1974. His lifelong
passion is playing golf. His
brother handed him his first golf club at the young age of eight and the passion
took effect immediately. Dr. Hattaway also loves to read novels and especially
likes James Patterson. He has a large collection of James Patterson books. Dr. Hattaway chose dentistry as his profession because he knew
in his heart from the early age of six that he was chosen by God to help people.
Dr. Hattaway fully believes in treating his patients with the utmost respect and
delivering the care that he would want delivered to himself if he was the
patient. At our people-oriented practice, we look forward to knowing you as
friends as well as patients. We want you to feel as comfortable as possible.
Treatment decisions are made with your concerns and desires in mind. Our goal is
to help enable you to have a beautiful healthy smile and to enjoy eating the
foods that you choose to eat.