Ask Hunt Orthodontics: Is Invisalign® really customized for each patient?

Yes, it is, and that’s part of what makes it work, say Drs. Hunt. To find out if you are the right candidate for Invisalign treatment, the first thing Drs. Hunt and their team do is to take an impression of your teeth as they are now and digitize it. Using special software, we look at the current positioning of your teeth and compare it to the way your teeth should look.

Next we use special software to map out the exact path your teeth will take from the beginning of your treatment to the end. Based on the results, a set of custom aligners are created just for your teeth. Throughout the course of treatment, you will be required to wear these clear, removable aligners one at a time; each one moving your teeth closer and closer to their final, perfectly aligned position. And since the aligners are virtually invisible, nobody around you will even know you are wearing braces!

Dr. Hunt Jr. is a certified Invisalign provider. If you have questions about Invisalign, or would like to find out if you are a candidate for Invisalign treatment, give us a call.

Happy New Year from the entire team at Hunt Orthodontics!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Hunt Orthodontics

In this season given to tidings of comfort and joy, and as Drs. Hunt and their team at Hunt Orthodontics reflect on the year that was, we’d like to ask you, our great patients: What do you love about the holidays this year? Being with your loved ones? A clean slate for 2010? Opening presents by the fireplace? All the delicious food? Also, what gift are you most looking forward to getting this year?

We’d love if you shared with us all the things you love about the holidays. Stay warm, and don’t forget to stay away from those sweets!

Why Choose Hunt Orthodontics?

Our office's number-one priority is to exceed your expectations in our quality of care and service! For the patient, this means a convenient appointment schedule, flexible payment plans, and a friendly, knowledgeable staff with years of orthodontic experience.

Our office uses digital radiography and imaging. For the patient, this means a reduction in exposure to radiation. This digital system does not use processing chemicals so it is also environmentally friendly. Digital imaging allows Drs. Hunt to analyze radiographs and photos with software tools designed to give the doctor accurate information in determining a patient's treatment options.

Our office utilizes the newest technology in low force and low friction braces. For the patient, this can mean shorter treatment time and less discomfort experienced during your care. Hunt Orthodontics strives to give you cutting edge orthodontic treatment options.

Drs. Hunt develop an individualized treatment plan based upon your specific orthodontic needs. For the patient, this means not only addressing your orthodontic concerns, but also formulating and educating you on our specific goals in developing your unique smile.

Since 1969, numerous Greenville-area dentists, physicians, and other health care professionals have chosen Hunt Orthodontics for the treatment of themselves, their families, friends, and their staff members. We are truly honored by the trust that these individuals have placed in our office for their orthodontic care.

If you have any questions about your orthodontic treatment at Hunt Orthodontics, feel free to give us a call!

Meet Our Orthodontists

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.