Dr. Donald Hunt, Sr. is a native of Gaffney, South Carolina. He was born and raised in Gaffney, where he excelled at football and graduated from Gaffney High School. Dr. Hunt attended Presbyterian College on a football scholarship and then the University of South Carolina where he studied biology. Dr. Hunt attended the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond where he received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in 1967 and graduated with honors. He then completed his specialty training residency in orthodontics in 1969 also from the Medical College of Virginia. It was that same year that Dr. Hunt moved his family to Greenville and opened his orthodontic practice.
Dr. Hunt, Sr. holds active memberships in the American Association of Orthodontists, American Dental Association, Southern Association of Orthodontists, South Carolina Association of Orthodontists, South Carolina Dental Association, Piedmont Dental Society and the Greenville County Dental Society.
Restoring old cars and golf are two of Dr. Hunt’s many outside interests. He and his wife, Sue enjoy their time with their three children and two grandsons.
Dr. Donald Hunt, Jr. knows first hand what it feels like to have orthodontic treatment. Before graduating Christ Church Episcopal School in his hometown of Greenville, SC, he was an orthodontic patient of his father’s, Dr. Hunt, Sr. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1993 with a Bachelors of Science degree in Biology with Honors. Dr. Hunt, Jr. then attended the Medical University of South Carolina where he received his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree in 1998 and also graduated with Honors. To pursue his love of orthodontics, Dr. Hunt, Jr. received both his Master of Science in Dentistry and Certificate of Specialty in Orthodontics in 2001 from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Hunt, Jr.’s master’s thesis research at CWRU was accepted in 2004 for publication in the world’s pre-eminent orthodontic research journal, The American-Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, for original research in craniofacial growth and three-dimensional radiography (x-rays)
Dr. Hunt, Jr. is board certified with the American Board of Orthodontics. He holds active memberships in the American Association of Orthodontists, the College of Diplomats of the American Board of Orthodontists, Southern Association of Orthodontists, South Carolina Association of Orthodontists, South Carolina Dental Association, Piedmont Dental Society and the Greenville County Dental Society. Dr. Hunt, Jr. is past president of the South Carolina Association of Orthodontists (2008-2009).
Dr. Hunt, Jr. is certified in the Wilckodontics or the Accelerated Osteogenic Orthodontics procedure. Dr. Hunt, Jr. is the first orthodontist in the upstate of SC and the Greenville area to be trained and licensed to provide this exciting treatment for our patients.
Dr. Hunt, Jr. enjoys attending continuing education courses to bring our patients the most up-to-date advances in orthodontic treatment and technology. Dr. Hunt, Jr. also enjoys working with nationally known dental lecturers providing orthodontics for their patients overall dental treatment plans. Dr. Hunt’s orthodontic results have been presented by these dentists at local, regional, national and international dental meetings.
When Dr. Hunt, Jr. is not furthering his orthodontic knowledge and taking care of your orthodontic treatment, he enjoys playing the guitar, live music with his band, golf, and restoring classic automobiles with his father and friends. Dr. Hunt, Jr. and his wife, Vicky, live in Greenville.
