PATRICK M. MCDONOUGH D.D.S., M.S., P.A.
Welcome to our website! I’m excited to be a part of the New Bern community, and want to share a little about myself and what brought me to periodontics and implant dentistry.
I was born in Goldsboro and my family moved to Fayetteville when I was 3 years old. Although a “city boy” for most of the year, I spent my summers barning tobacco, picking cucumbers, and helping care for 80,000 turkeys on my uncle’s farm in Duplin County. This was a formative part of my life and taught me the value of hard work and dedication.
My family has a history of military service, and after graduating high school I received an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I majored in biology and completed an individual study course with the staff periodontist, Dr. Charles Powell. This was my first introduction to dentistry, and I never looked back. I have always loved working with my hands, and I’d finally found a profession that combined this with my interest in biology.
Pursuing this new dream, I received a scholarship from the Air Force to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry. While there, I met and married the love of my life, Lee. We were both in school and graduated on the same day – I with my Doctorate of Dental Surgery (DDS), magna cum laude, in 2003, and Lee with her Master of Social Work and Master of Public Health degrees.