Dr. James G. Hardy established his Louisburg, North Carolina practice in 1981 intent on offering access to affordable dental care. His dentistry, which embodies a genuine will to help others, has flourished over the years by adding patients across Franklin, Eastern Wake, Nash, Vance, and Warren counties.
A native of rural North Carolina himself, Dr. Hardy easily identified the tremendous need to improve oral health through education, prevention and effective treatment in small communities. He grew up the son of a sharecropper in North Hampton County. Today, he is a well-known local dentist committed to helping patients transform not only their smile, but their overall health.
In 1981, he completed his Doctorate of Dental Surgery at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill where he was recognized for outstanding clinical work in Endodontics by the American College of Dentistry. That same year, he hung his sign as a solo practitioner: James G. Hardy, D.D.S. in the heart of Louisburg with one dental assistant and three operatory rooms in 1981. He simultaneously treated patients at a public health clinic in Soul City, North Carolina as a 2-year service commitment to National Health Service Corps.
Today, the practice boasts 10 operatories and a staff of 12, including his first-ever employee and his first-born child, Dr. Alecia Hardy. Together, as a father/daughter dental team they also operate a dental clinic at the Wake County Detention Center each Friday to provide necessary dental care to inmates.
Dr. Hardy attributes his success to being a naturally compassionate and patient person who makes time to deliver “old fashioned” patient care. He is most proud of the impact he has made improving the dental IQ and oral health conditions throughout an entire area where access to care was once limited.
When not busy fixing teeth or spending time with his wife, three daughters and extended family, he is active on the golf course and within his congregation at Davie Street Presbyterian in Raleigh.