Dental Staff

Dr. Bruce Riddle is a 1997 graduate of the University Of North Carolina School Of Dentistry in Chapel Hill, NC. He completed his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from UNC-Asheville. He is a member of the WNC Dental Society, North Carolina Dental Society, American Orthodontic Society, and the American Dental Association. Dr. Riddle has taken extensive continuing education classes in general dentistry and orthodontics.

Dr. Riddle was one of the first in his dental class to complete his clinical requirements, which afforded him the opportunity to participate in extra clinical rotations. These include two at the Asheville VA Medical Center Dental Clinic, one pediatric rotation at Greensboro Health Department, and two pediatric rotations in Cherokee. Since taking over the Bryson City dental practice in 1997 from a retiring dentist, Dr. Bob Eldridge, Dr. Riddle has provided dental care for many local needy children and senior adults and participates yearly in the 'Give Kids A Smile' program sponsored by the North Carolina Dental Society and the ADA.

Dr. Riddle and his wife Diana have been married for twenty-eight years and they have four young children: Joshua, Kaitlyn, Daniel, and Gracie. They enjoy many outdoor activities together including tubing at Deep Creek, biking, and hiking. Dr. Riddle also enjoys fly-fishing our beautiful mountain streams and bird hunting with his German Shorthair Pointer.