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The Dental Care Center located in Fayetteville, North Carolina features the latest dental technology combined with a family-friendly team dedicated to helping you achieve optimal oral health. Our services are designed to cover patients of all ages, including general dentistry and cosmetic dentistry. The Fayetteville dentists and staff at The Dental Care Center look forward to giving your smile the five-star treatment you deserve. Our office accepts military insurance. Contact us to schedule an appointment at our Fayetteville dental office today.
Dr. Watson grew up in the mountains of North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1989 with a degree in Chemistry and received his DDS from the UNC School of Dentistry in Chapel Hill in 1993. He completed a postgraduate training program in Esthetic Dentistry at University of Missouri – Kansas City in 1996. He has completed numerous courses at the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies. He and his wife, Jennifer, have two daughters, Erin and Meredith. They also have two dogs, a German Shepherd named Trigger, and a Pekingese named Bitty Bear. He is an avid shooter and enjoys both time at the range and also first person shooter video games. The whole family are big Disney fans and love movies.
Dr. Higgins graduated from North Carolina State in 1990 with a bachelor’s of science in zoology and attended Dental School at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr. Higgins has also attended the LD Pankey Institute and the Dawson Center for Advanced Dental Studies.
Dr. Higgins enjoys camping, skiing and spending time with his wife, Kelley and their 3 children.
Dr. Higgins is a graduate of Louisburg College, North Carolina State University, and received his Doctorate of Dental Surgery from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has completed many courses in cosmetic and complex restorative dentistry.
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Dr. Mani graduated from North Carolina State University in 1985 with a bachelor’s of science in zoology; he attended the University of North Carolina, School of Dentistry, from 1985 to 1989 and worked with the US Public Health Service from 1989 to 1993. He returned to NC in 1993 and started his own dental practice in 1997 in Wake Forest, NC where he lives with his wife, Shirley, and two daughters, Rachel and Meera. In addition to practicing dentistry, he enjoys tennis, basketball, hiking, and travel.
Dr. Collins is from Kentucky and attended the University of Louisville school of Dentistry. Afterward, he completed a Periodontics residency at Emory University in Atlanta. He moved to North Carolina to work at the dental school in Chapel Hill on a post-doctoral research program funded by the National Institutes of Health. While at UNC-CH, he authored 17 research articles in the field of periodontal disease research and implants.
As a member of Central Baptist Church in Henderson, Dr. Collins has been involved in mission work on 4 continents. An avid cyclist, he enjoys bicycle touring and travel with his wife. They have 2 adult children.
