Cunningham Smiles is your partner for the highest level of quality dental care in Paducah, Kentucky. Ours is a practice dedicated to helping you maintain, improve, and restore the optimal condition of your oral health. This is possible through the wide range of dental services and solutions offered by our exceptional team, led by Dr. Cunningham.
We recognize that many patients come to us after years of evading proper dental care because of fear and apprehension. Our goal is to rid you of any negativity you associate with the dental practice through a gentle touch and dental solutions that work. Everyone in our team is committed to fulfilling this promise, and you can expect that we will do everything within our capacity to give you the dental care you need and deserve.
Dr. Jay Cunningham is a Jackson Purchase native having grown up in Graves County. After graduating from Graves County High School he attended Murray State University. While at Murray Jay received the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Scholarship. Jay majored in biology with a minor in chemistry and received his degree in 2004. He then began dental school at the University of Louisville. While in attendance Jay was the recipient of the Clinical Community Service Scholarship where he provided free dental care for children throughout the state, including Paducah. He graduated with his doctorate in dental medicine in 2009.
After graduating Jay moved to Murfreesboro, TN where he practiced until 2013. While practicing in Tennessee, Jay focused his continuing education on cosmetic dentistry, oral sedation, and implantology. This included completing course work for the Heartland Aesthetic Continuum, DOCS Oral Sedation, Midwest Implant Institute, and Synergy Training Program for Implantology. Understanding how busy life can be and how valuable your time is, Jay takes pride in keeping as many procedures in office as possible. To ensure this he completed courses for advanced root canals, oral surgery, periodontics, and dentures. Jay is fanatical about literature and research to make certain you receive the most current and proven dental care possible. Since returning to West Kentucky he has continued his education, focusing his efforts in cosmetic and implant dentistry.
During his sophomore year of undergraduate college Jay met his wife Leah, also a Graves County native. They were married in 2006. Jay and Leah have three beautiful daughters Evie Bell, Eelyn Grace, and Ila Rose. They currently reside in Paducah and attend Heartland Church. In his spare time Jay enjoys playing with his children, golf, tennis, and basketball.
Angela, now our hygienist, was a dental assistant from 1999 to 2014. In 2012 she started the dental hygiene program at WKCTCS and graduated in 2014. She has had training and continuing education in expanded duties dental assisting, anxiety relief for the dental patient, cosmetic dentistry, dental implants, and oral surgery.
Angela enjoys all aspects of the dental profession, especially helping patients to overcome their fear of the dental office. She feels that having a patient come into the office in tears and leave with a great big smile on their face, and wonder why they hadnt come to the dentist sooner, is only one of the many joys in dentistry.
Annalisa has been an Expanded Duties Dental Assistant (EDDA) for 17 years. She graduated from West Kentucky Technical College in 1996 and went on to attain her Coronal Polishing Certificate from the University of Louisville. She enjoys spending time with her family and time outdoors. Her favorite part of being in the dental field is getting to know a patient as an individual, not just a chart number.
Taylor is a graduate of the WKCTC dental assisting program and is certified in coronal polishing, expanded duties, radiation health and safety. Outside of the office she enjoys traveling, and spending time outdoors with family.
Dede has been in dentistry for over 20 years. She is originally from Louisiana and moved to Paducah in 1999. Outside of work she enjoys spending time with her husband and their animals. Shes very proud to be a part of the Cunningham Dental team because everyone works together to provide our patients thebest service possible.
Natalie has been part of the Cunningham Dental family since January2022. Outsideof work, she enjoys being a wife and mother of two babies, boating, and planning family vacations. Natalie feels so blessed to have a wonderful crew to work with every day and enjoys helping patients have a great experience in the office.
Pam has been in dentistry for over 20 years. She and her husband Gary have two sons, Josh and James, and two wonderful daughters-in-law. Each son has blessed them with a grandson and a granddaughter. Pam enjoys spending time visiting them as well as boating and riding four wheelers at the lake. She feels so fortunate to be part of such a great team who are so dedicated to providing the best dental care for their patients.
