Q: What’s something people might not know about you? I’m in a band called Get Off My Lawn. I play guitar, bass guitar, mandolin and saxophone!

Q: What was your first concert? Bruce Springsteen at the Carolina Coliseum in Columbia while attending the USC!

• University of South Carolina
• MUSC College of Dental Medicine

Dr. Hodges was born and raised in Spartanburg, South Carolina and graduated from Dorman High School. He attended Athens YMCA Camp for 12 years growing up and is currently the President of the Alumni Association for “Y Camp” located in Tallulah Falls, Georgia. He majored and received his B.S. degree in Chemistry at the University of South Carolina and was a member of the Carolina Marching Band. He attended the MUSC College of Dental Medicine and after graduating, he came back to the upstate to practice dentistry opening Family Dental Care with business partner and wife, Dr. Joyce Radeka. In 2003, they moved to Columbia and established Sandhills Dentistry. He enjoyed Gamecock sports while they lived back in “Carolina Country” in Columbia, where he practiced until the sale of the practice in 2018. They moved to the Greer area and joined Family Dental Health in December of 2019.

Dr. Hodges still enjoys playing music in his spare time…guitar, banjo, saxophone and other instruments with a small band comprised of some of his dental school classmates. Another favorite hobby of his is golf.