Meet the Team
Dr. Matt Kunz, DDS
Dr. Matt and his wife Elyssa Cunningham Kunz were both raised in Blackfoot. They have four beautiful children. As a family, they enjoy basketball, football, and music.
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Dr. Matt is a proud graduate from Creighton University School of Dentistry in Nebraska. He received his bachelors degree from Brigham Young University-Idaho. Before coming back home to Soda Springs, Dr. Matt began his career in Dodge City, Kansas, and Blackfoot, Idaho.
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Dr. Matt provides a full scope of dentistry including wisdom tooth removal, root canals, pediatric dentistry, implants, esthetic dentistry, and much more.
Lacey
Registered Dental Hygienist
Lacey graduated from Soda Springs High School in 2008. She attended Idaho State University and graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor's Degree in Dental Hygiene. She then worked in southeast Idaho for one year before moving to Las Vegas, NV. There she worked at UNLV as an assistant professor and in the Faculty Dental Practice. During her 8 years at UNLV, she earned her Master’s Degree in Education and taught the pre-doctoral students. She was course director for intro to periodontics, taught local anesthesia and oversaw the students in the dental clinic. Lacey also participated in human-subject clinical research; she has multiple publications in peer-reviewed dental journals. In 2021, Lacey decided to move back to her hometown and continue practicing dental hygiene. She is grateful for the opportunity to work for Dr. Matt at Soda Smiles and take care of the people in her community. Lacey enjoys doing anything outdoors. She and her husband Colter can often be found at the lake fishing, boating, camping and spending time with family.
Ashlyn
Registered Dental Hygienist
Ashlyn joined the Soda Smiles team in the spring of 2023. She was raised in Rigby, Idaho and later moved to Blackfoot after getting married to her husband Ethan. She attended Idaho State University and received her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Dental Hygiene in 2023. She enjoys getting to know her patients, making them feel comfortable, and helping them achieve their oral health needs. She loves the staff and patients at Soda Smiles which make the commute from Blackfoot more enjoyable. Outside of work, Ashlyn loves the outdoors. Some of her hobbies include hunting, fishing, dirt biking, snow machining, riding horses and spending time with
family.
Misti
RN
Misti grew up in Bancroft, ID and graduated from NGH! She loves her little town and bleeds purple, but has grown to like Red and White and Red and Blackish. (j/k) She’s so lucky to have found her husband, Tim, who loves her and lets her have little dogs/humans and babysit her friends' dogs/humans and spoil them rotten! She graduated from Weber State and has been a nurse for almost 20 years. It was the best decision she ever made! She has been at Caribou Medical Center for the past 8 years, most of them in Outpatient as a chemotherapy and infusion nurse. Outpatient has been her favorite part of nursing until she started doing Medical Aesthetics, which she loves so much! She loves that she can help people feel better about themselves.
Angie
Office Manager
Angie has been in the Soda Smiles dental clinic for the past 27 years. She studied business management at California State University Long Beach. She’s lived many places, including growing up on Bear Lake, but has been most happy raising her two girls in Soda Springs with her husband Jody. In their spare time you can find them in the mountains with their dogs, on their horses or in their side by side UTV. Angie enjoys cooking, traveling and spending time with her family and friends. She loves interacting and helping patients and enjoys getting to know the new patients that come into the practice.
Tessa
Front Office / Hygiene Assistant
Tessa was proudly born and raised in Preston, Idaho. She earned her dental assisting certification at Apex in Logan, Utah. For three years, Tessa continued to work in Logan as a hygiene assistant, where she learned to absolutely love the dental field. Life took an exciting turn when she met her husband Tanner and relocated to Soda Springs. Tessa loves spoiling her nieces and nephews. Beyond the clinic she enjoys riding horses, hunting, fishing and wakeboarding. In the winter time you can find her
cheering on Tanner at snowmobile events. Tessa is excited to be apart of the Soda Springs community
and loves to meet new friends in our office daily.
Marcy
Lead Dental Assistant
Marcy was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her and her husband Mat moved to Soda Springs soon after they got married. They have 3 daughters who are proud Cardinal alumni that love playing sports and hunting. She also loves being a grandma to her grandbabies. Marcy has 14 years of experience in the dental field. She enjoys assisting and being able to help patients feel and look better with their smiles. When not in the clinic Marcy can be found outdoors spending time with her family.
Jessica
Dental Assistant / Phlebotomist
Jessica is a certified dental assistant here at Soda Smiles. In her career of six years she has continued her education with a phlebotomy license along with expanding her dental implants knowledge. She grew up in Bear Lake and now lives in Bancroft. Jessica enjoys coaching the SSHS Cardinal volleyball team and going to concerts, traveling and anything to do with being outdoors.
DeeDee
Dental Assistant
DeeDee was born and raised in Soda Springs. She is a wife to Russ and mother of 3 children and 3 amazing little ones call her grandma. She loves warm weather and prefers to be outdoors, unless it’s freezing out. She has been a dental assistant for 27 years. She loves her job and getting to know so many wonderful people. If you don’t see DeeDee in the clinic she’s most likely chasing Russ as he coaches wrestling at the high school level or watching her grand daughter compete in jui-jitsu.