Welcome to The Smile Zone! For over 25 years, Dr. Un Lee-McDaniel and Dr. Joseph Godinez have provided patients of all ages with quality care in a comfortable and welcoming environment. When you visit our practice, our team will take the time to help you feel right at home and will work with you to create individualized treatment plans that meet your needs. We are always working to improve our treatment techniques, instruments and knowledge, so you can rest assured that you are receiving the highest possible quality of care each time you visit us.
Dr. Lee-McDaniel has been in the medical and dental fields all her life. Her father was a medical doctor, and her mother was a dentist. Her mothers work always fascinated Dr. Lee-McDaniel. She followed in her mothers footsteps and decided to become a dentist. Dr. Lee-McDaniel graduated from Loma Linda University in 1996, then opened up her own office here in Palm Springs shortly after graduating. Although Dr. Lee-McDaniel loves cosmetic dentistry, she has expanded practice by continuing education by attending Temple University and the Misch International Implant Institute in Michigan, and she attends Progressive Orthodontics in California. In order to provide the best dental care for her patients, she constantly is continuing her education to keep abreast with the latest and most current technology available in dentistry.
After 27 years in private practice, I feel, as a doctor, it is important for one to connect with their patients and to understand their dental needs and concerns along with developing a relationship of honesty and trust.
I want to focus more on patient care and deal less with the business aspect of dentistry. Therefore, I decided to close my office and merge my practice with The Smile Zone and Dr. Lee-McDaniel. We share the same philosophy and strive to provide the best patient care possible.
Aside from dentistry, I have a passion for animals and for the outdoors; I can often be found hiking or biking the trails around the Coachella Valley and enjoying the beauty of the desert that surrounds us.