Who We Are
Sunkist Cottage has welcomed visitors for more than a century. Built in 1923 during Aiken’s winter colony era, this historic home now serves as the setting for Downtown Dental—a place where health, heritage, and hospitality meet. True health is cultivated with care, consistency, and time.
Downtown Dental is dedicated to building honest, lasting relationships with patients while providing high-quality dental care in downtown Aiken, South Carolina. Our practice philosophy centers on conservative, preventive dentistry designed to protect natural teeth and support long-term oral health.
With years of experience caring for individuals and families, our dental team emphasizes careful diagnosis, patient education, and treatment plans tailored to each person’s needs. We believe the best dentistry is both clinically excellent and deeply personal—care that respects your comfort, your health, and your trust.
When you visit our quiet, welcoming office, you’ll experience a calm approach to dentistry that feels different by design. We are proud to be a local Aiken dental practice where patients are known, listened to, and cared for like family.
Our Dentist
Dr. Charlotte C. Wiedenman is a lifelong South Carolinian with deep roots in Aiken and a long family history in dentistry. An eleventh-generation South Carolinian, she is proud to share that her fourth great-uncle was the second dentist to practice in Aiken—an early connection that quietly foreshadowed a career grounded in service, skill, and community.
Dr. Wiedenman earned her bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University and her Doctor of Dental Medicine from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. During her time at MUSC, she was awarded the Pierre Fauchard Academy Award for excellence in both clinical and academic dentistry. She went on to complete an internship with the American Dental Association in State Government Affairs and served on the Joint Commission for National Dental Examinations, contributing to the advancement of the profession at a national level.
In addition to private practice, Dr. Wiedenman brings a uniquely broad perspective to dentistry. She has worked closely with dental manufacturing companies and has extensive experience in the dental insurance and benefits sector, including serving as an executive with Delta Dental. This background allows her to guide patients with clarity, transparency, and a deep understanding of both clinical care and the systems that support it.
Dr. Wiedenman’s favorite part of practicing dentistry is helping patients feel at ease—and delivering good news whenever possible. Her approach is thoughtful, conservative, and rooted in prevention, with an emphasis on comfort, trust, and long-term oral health.
Beyond dentistry, Dr. Wiedenman is an historic preservation advocate, a devoted gardener, and a passionate student of South Carolina’s cultural and natural history. She is a Clemson Master Tree Farmer and a South Carolina State Master Naturalist, and she regularly speaks throughout the state on topics of historical and horticultural interest. When she is not caring for patients at Downtown Dental—located in a historic Winter Colony bungalow in downtown Aiken—she can often be found exploring backroads and backwaters, hunting for fossils and arrowheads, investigating forgotten sites, or delighting in the quiet beauty of old gardens and old houses.
Her curiosity, love of learning, and genuine interest in people shape every day at Downtown Dental, where patients are welcomed not just for care, but for conversation, connection,