Our Staff

The brief descriptions below are designed to familiarize you with our staff's training, professional credentials and work experience.

• Doctor of Dental Medicine
  2001-2005 Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
• Graduated Summa Cum Laude
  Boston, Massachusetts
• Doctorate of Philosophy in Microbiology (PhD)
  1996-2001 University of Alabama at Birmingham
  Birmingham, Alabama
• Bachelor of Science in Microbiology (B.S.)
  1992-1996 Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
• Member of the American Orthodontic Society

Dr. Smith and his wife Julie have two adult children. He has a passion for photography and is an extremely talented photographer!

Melissa (Office Manager) 

Melissa joined the practice in 2018. She is a Colorado native and has been in dentistry since 1994. Her wealth of experience and knowledge bring office efficiency. She is always striving to provide the ultimate patient experience, making every patient feel comfortable and welcome. Outside of the office she enjoys spending time with her family.  She is married to her high school sweetheart and has an adult daughter, son, and daughter-in-law. She has two granddaughters who are her world! She has a very special place in her heart for all of her rescues!

Julie  (Insurance Coordinator)

Julie began working in dentistry when she joined The Family Dentist in 2014.  She is grateful to be part of an amazing team, working together to make each patient feel comfortable and have the best experience possible.  As the Insurance Coordinator, Julie can assist you with all of your insurance needs. She enjoys interacting with returning patients, as well as getting to know new faces. In her free time, she loves spending time with her family and friends, watching her favorite Netflix shows and movies, and taking long walks to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Colorado.

Marissa  (Patient Coordinator)

Marissa has been a part of The Family Dentist since Feb 2024.  She is very honored to be working with such great people.  It is truly one big happy Family here, her relationships with patients and her co-workers. She has worked in the medical field since 2017, but she always wanted to work in dentistry.  She loves serving and helping our patients achieve great teeth!  She is a Colorado native.  She likes spending her free time working out, trying new restaurants, and traveling.  She is a full-time mom to two beautiful girls.  They keep her busy and she loves doing different activities with them.  She wouldn’t have it any other way!

Linda (Registered Dental Hygienist)

Linda has been with the practice since 2017. She was born and raised in Southern California and started her interest in the field of dentistry at a young age. She started as a dental assistant while still in high school and through college as she obtained her Biological Science degree at UCI and later her dental hygiene license. She has been a hygienist since 2013 and has enjoyed interacting with different people every day. She continues to use her science background to keep at the forefront of various research and new discoveries in dentistry. Linda enjoys sharing this information with her patients and is passionate about educating them on the link between systemic and oral health. She looks forward to providing our patients with a caring, compassionate and gentle experience. 

 In her free time, she enjoys playing mahjong with friends, planning her next travel spot, spending time with her husband and exploring new places to eat. She can also speak conversational Vietnamese.

Kira (Registered Dental Hygienist)  

She has been practicing dental hygiene since 2017. She was born and raised in New Mexico before moving to Colorado in 2021. She enjoys getting outdoors, snowboarding, hiking and spending time with her husband and son. They have two fur babies, Aries and Dixie.

Her favorite part about her job is building rapport with her patients, making sure they feel comfortable and educating them on optimal oral health.

Candy (Registered Dental Hygienist) Photo & Bio Coming Soon!

Kelly (Expanded Duty Dental Assistant)

Kelly, our assistant, has been residing in Colorado since July 2014. She was originally born and raised in South Boston, Massachusetts (yes, she has the accent). 

She moved a lot during her school years, having attended 11 schools out of 12. While in high school, she studied human and child development, with the idea of possibly being a teacher. Once graduated, she decided she wanted to pursue medical. Kelly joined the United States Army Reserve, training as both a combat medic and dental tech. When she returned home from the military, she taught preschool for a year, but ultimately decided dental was her true calling. She was able to find part time work with a dentist, who was also her captain at their army unit, the 399th Combat Support Hospital in Taunton, Massachusetts. She was then afforded the opportunity to work part time at her dentist friend’s oral surgery office. There she was able to utilize her EMT certification and administer iv sedation. On weekends she attended Boston University for her radiology certification.

She has been working as a dental assistant since 2000 and as expanded duty dental assistant since 2016. She has a deep expertise in a wide range of dental procedures, including general/cosmetic dentistry, orthodontics, endodontics, prosthodontics (removables), oral surgery and pediatric dentistry. She has been with The Family Dentist, assisting Dr. Smith, since December 2021.

Kelly has a passion for dentistry and providing top quality care. She maintains a patient focus approach with such care, compassion, gentleness and communication for a positive experience. Kelly enjoys developing relationships with her patients and has a knack for remembering their families, their trips, their professions, their triumphs and tribulations, even their favorite colors. She loves to keep our treasure box well stocked with prizes that she asks our young patients suggestions for.

She has recently been navigating the life of an empty nester. After raising her two (then) young children as a widowed mother, she recently helped her oldest, her son AJ, move to Ohio with his fiancée, Katie, dog Ember and three cats, Whiskey, Cinder and Ash. Her youngest, her daughter Adrianna, moved only a couple blocks away with her partner Alex and their dog Louie. She spends her time outside of the office helping at another office on her days off from here. As well as spending time with her fish Orion and doing weekly Saturday sleepovers with “her” Louie. You’ll find a diamond art photo of him in the operatory she works out of. She recently obtained her first passport and started traveling, having took four trips just this year alone. She’s looking forward to traveling more in the future, but jokes she needs a little vacation from vacationing and more mouths to help make healthy and beautiful.

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