Dr. Dunwody attended Lanier High School for Boys in Macon, Georgia. He continued to the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. Dr. Dunwody then entered an orthodontic residency at Emory University School of Dentistry, where he earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in 1977 and his Certificate of Orthodontics in 1979.
Dr. Dunwody has been in practice for30 years and has lectured on orthodontics to general dentists for the mastership program at the Georgia Academy of General Dentistry. In addition, Dr. Dunwody participates in many continuing education courses involving dentofacial growth and development from embryology to the dentofacial changes as aging occurs, occlusion (bites), temporomandibular joints and associated structures and practice management. Dr. Dunwody states, The challenges of the information age regarding orthodontic care are both enlightening and challenging. All of us are committed to lifelong learning that will benefit our patients care and improving our service and experience.
Dr. Dunwody also volunteered for 12 years as an Assistant Scout Master and committee member for Troop #648, volunteered for eight years as a soccer coach for West Gwinnett Soccer Club and volunteered for three years as United Way Co-Chairman for dentists in Gwinnett County. In addition to his time volunteering, Dr. Dunwody sponsors and supports the community and his patients sporting and cultural activities at over 10 high schools. His other sponsorships include The Cancer Ball of Gwinett County, Ducks Unlimited Banquet and the West Gwinnett Soccer Club.
In addition, Dr. Dunwody is considered board-eligible for Diplomate status in the American Board of Orthodontics. Also, Dr. Dunwody has had leadership positions in several professional organizations, including the:
'The study of orthodontia is insolubly connected with that of art as related to the human face. The mouth is the most potent factor in making or marring the beauty and character of the face. The form and beauty of the mouth largely depends on the occlusal relations of the teeth.
Our duties as orthodontists force upon us great responsibilities. There is nothing in which the student of orthodontia should be more keenly interested in than art generally and especially in relation to the human face, for each of his efforts makes for beauty or ugliness; harmony or disharmony; for perfection or deformity of the face. Hence it should be one of his life studies.'