CONTACT US
David S. McGuire, DDS
45 King Street, Suite 200B
Sylva, NC 28779
Phone:
(828) 631-3283
Fax:
(828) 631-9424
Meet The Doctor
Cosmetic Dentist David S. McGuire,DDS
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Dr. David S. McGuire is the son of Dr. Harold and Dr. Patsy McGuire. He is a graduate of Pfeiffer College and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Dental School. He has been in private practice in Sylva, North Carolina since 1982. He is a member of the North Carolina Dental Society, American Dental Association, Pankey Alumni Association, Academy of General Dentistry, First District Dental Society, Southeastern Academy of Prosthodontics and Fellowship in the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. He is also a member of the Jackson County Board of Health, Board member of the Great Smoky Mountains Association and member of Sylva First United Methodist Church. He is married to Kathy Cabe McGuire and has three children and two grandchildren. His hobbies include fishing, camping, African Safaris and organic gardening.
Family History of Dr. David McGuire
The family history dates back to James Zachary who practiced dentistry after the Civil War in the 1860's. His second child, Daisy was born in 1880. She apprenticed with her father to be a dentist until the North Carolina Dental Board was founded. The Board required her to go to dental school and be licensed. In 1908 Daisy McGuire was the first woman licensed to practice dentistry in North Carolina. During this period, she married Wayne McGuire of the Norton Community in Jackson County, NC. She found more dentistry to do in Sylva than she could handle, therefore sent Wayne to dental school. He graduated in 1911. The couple raised three daughters: Noracella, Patsy, and Kitty Dean. All three became dentists. Noracella returned to Sylva and married Tom Wilson who became a dental technician. Patsy sat next to Harold McGuire in dental school. They married in 1937. Therefore the name continued. Harold and Patsy graduated first and third respectively in their classes. The couple returned to Sylva to work in the office with Daisy, Wayne, Noracella and Tom as their technician. Kitty Dean met Bob Gamewell in dental school and married. Their practice was in Murfreesboro, TN. Dr. Daisy retired in 1977 at the age of 97. She was the nation's oldest practicing dentist.
The building where Dr. David has his dental practice was built in 1987. It is on King Street just one block above Main Street in Sylva.
The office holds many historical items of dentistry and of the community.
