Meet the doctor
Craig A. Mayer, DDS
Dr. Mayer has been married to Patti since 1978, and both are active in the local church. They have held weekly Friday night home Bible studies at their home for years. Dr. Mayer and his family have attended McGregor Baptist Church since 1988, where he served as an adult Sunday School teacher and on many leadership committees. He plays the trombone, euphonium, and tuba in the church orchestra. His other interests include playing in the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, McGregor Baptist Orchestra, Bonita Springs Concert Band, and the Sousa National Community Band.
Other hobbies include sports of all kinds and flying airplanes. He has flown since 1975 and has owned four airplanes over the years: Cessna 182, Cessna 210, Cessna 414, and Cessna 421. His favorite sports teams are the Minnesota Vikings and Minnesota Wild. Dr. Mayer is a proud corporate sponsor of local high school sports teams and many other community organizations. And Patti has a home business of the Optavia weight loss program.
Dr. Mayer is also a certified NRA pistol and home defense instructor, presenting classes on gun safety and concealed weapons carry permits. He enjoys trap, skeet, and sporting clay shot activities and occasionally has been known to fish in the Back Bay area.
Dr. Mayer's oldest daughter, Michelle, graduated from Nova Southeastern Dental School in 2008. She spent 10 years in the Navy and retired as a commander. She did a two-year residency at Cincinnati Children's Hospital in Pedodontics and now operates and owns a pedodontics dental practice in Huntsville, Alabama (Hampton Cove Pediatric Dentistry). She is married to Ben White, a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force who works for NASA in Huntsville. They have a baby daughter, who was born in May 2023.
Dr. Mayer's second daughter, Natalie, also lives in Huntsville, Alabama, with her husband, Nate, and their five children. Both Nate and Natalie went to Liberty University and received their master's degrees. Natalie works at her church as the head of women's ministry and is a full-time mom who homeschools her kids and has them going to classical Christian School as well. Nate is a principal owner at Brindlee Mountain Fire Service, which rehabs fire trucks and ambulances throughout North America.
Experience
Dr. Mayer was born in Bismarck, North Dakota, and was the oldest of four children. At age 10, his family moved to Edina, Minnesota, where he graduated from Edina High School in 1967. Having wanted to be a dentist since age 9, he attended undergraduate college at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, before enrolling at Northwestern Dental School in Chicago. Dr. Mayer graduated from Northwestern University in 1975 with a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree and high honors.
After graduating from Northwestern Dental School, he moved back to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he practiced in the Medical Arts Building for 11 years. Dr. Mayer, along with his wife Patti and their two children, Michelle and Natalie, moved to Fort Myers, Florida, in December 1986. He started practicing in Lehigh Acres in 1987.
Dr. Mayer attends many continuing education courses, including L.D. Pankey Institute for Advanced Dental Education. He is a member of the American Dental Association, the Florida Dental Association, the West Coast Dental Association, the Lee County Dental Society, the Academy of General Dentistry, the Lehigh Acres Chamber of Commerce, and the Labelle Chamber of Commerce. He is currently involved with a local dental study club that meets monthly and reviews advanced periodontal, implant, and restorative cases.
Education
Doctor of Dental Surgery
Northwestern University Dental School – Chicago, Illinois
1975
Undergraduate Studies
Drake University – Des Moines, Iowa