Dr. Kristina L. Hapney, DMD

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Get to know Invisalign Dentist Dr. Kristina L. Hapney, who serves patients in Simpsonville, South Carolina.

Dr. Kristina Hapney is a Dentist practicing in Simpsonville, SC. Dr. Hapney specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating diseases and conditions associated with the mouth and overall dental health.

Dr. Hapney realized early on how important a smile is for confidence and how it impacts the way others see you after having braces as a teen. Upon graduating high school, she left Ohio where she grew up, and moved to Greenville, PA to attend Thiel College.

She earned a B.A. in Chemistry and completed the pre-dental program in only three years while working as a dental assistant.

She was blessed to be selected as an international Rotary Ambassador and was able to study Dental Technology and learn to do dental lab work while spending a year abroad in Cardiff, Wales.

She attended the University of Louisville School of Dentistry where she earned her DMD degree. She was fortunate to receive many awards for her research in cleft palate development in which she won 3rd place in the nation. She and her husband moved to Simpsonville, SC in 2005 and she founded Five Forks Dental Care, Inc.

Dr. Hapney continues to devote her career to helping individuals achieve the smile of their dreams and maintain excellent oral health.

She provides unparallelled patient care in the areas of cosmetic, restorative and implant dentistry but patients know her for her ability to listen and translate their desires and concerns into smiles that are as functional as they are attractive.

Her professional goal is to offer her patients dentistry of the highest expertise and integrity through personal dedication, continuous education and use of the very best materials and advanced techniques.

Dr. Hapney volunteers at Greenville Free Medical Clinic which provides free care to local people in need and is a participating dentist in the Give Back A Smile program with the AACD Foundation through which she helps to provide cosmetic dentistry to survivors of domestic abuse.

Dr. Hapney is trained to carry out such treatment as professional cleaning, restorative, prosthodontic, and endodontic procedures, and performing examinations, among many others.

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