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's Club. He is also an exercise nut and has been actively running as a form of exercise since 1974. His life long 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 and his family attend St. Luke's Methodist Church where he was a past Stephen's Minister. 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.
We are conveniently located beside Central Carolina Hospital. Our office hours are Monday through Thursday from 8:00 - 5:00 (closed from 12:30-1:30).
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.