Meet the Doctors

Meet Your Dentists

Our skilled dental team is here to help you keep your smile healthy and bright. Learn more about our team below, and we look forward to seeing you in the office soon!

Dr. Manuel Lopez

Dr. Manuel Lopez is from Manhattan, NY. In 1979 he earned his Bachelor’s of Science in Cuba, he lived in Cuba for 20 years before moving back to New York and getting his Doctoral of Dental Science at New York University in 2000. In 2001 Dr. Lopez decided to move to the great state of North Carolina and has been here ever since.

Dr. Lopez is a sports fanatic and enjoys to watching all sports especially the Yankees, The Giants, and the NY Knicks. He also loves to spend time with his family and enjoys the outdoors. Dr. Lopez loves music and you will always catch him singing or making up a beat at the office.

Dr. Scott McLaren

Dr. Scott is a passionate, laid-back dentist who loves making teeth shine bright like the kids he treats. He knew he wanted to work in a place where he could make jokes, laugh, and feel like he was hanging out all day.

Cleaning and fixing kid’s teeth hasn’t always been what he was known for though.

Dr. Scott grew up in Idaho and from an early age, people knew he was different. For one, he didn’t want to grow up farming potatoes, as much as he liked to eat them. Second, he enjoyed learning about medical stuff. I know, how weird huh.

One thing he did enjoy growing up was operating heavy equipment for his grandpa’s construction company. When most kids were driving sports cars on their PlayStation, he was driving a 65-thousand-pound loader or a giant haul truck. He may have smashed a few traffic cones while learning how to operate them though.

Growing up in a tiny town in a forgotten state (ya, Idaho is a real State), he loved the small town feel and the sense of community it had.

He grew up hunting, fly-fishing, boating, hiking, dirt biking and basically all things outdoors in the mountains of his home state. With the likes of Yellowstone National Park and Jackson Hole just a few hours from his house, there was no shortage of adventure.

After high school, Dr. Scott served a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Latvia (look it up, it’s a real place). There, he learned Latvian (again, I’m not making this up) and a little bit of Russian.

When he came home, he was pretty sure he wanted to be a dentist but really sure he liked girls. It wasn’t long before he met his wife and she stole his heart and he became a married man. Obviously, some kids followed and now they have three of the coolest ones.

His focus now is basically to make kids smile and laugh every time they visit the dentist.