Kelly McDonough, DDS
Dr. Kelly McDonough is a California native who grew up in Hacienda Heights. Upon graduating from Stanford University with a degree in Economics in 1980, he entered the USC School of Dentistry to pursue a career in dentistry.
Following graduation from dental school in 1984, he accepted a residency position at the VA Hospital in Palo Alto, California. This general practice residency provided additional experience and training in the areas of oral surgery, root canals, gum treatments, and crowns and bridges. He also gained valuable knowledge and experience in working with patients with disabilities and complicated medical conditions.
Dr. McDonough has over 38 years of experience and has been in Dana Point since 1988. His philosophy is to treat his patients with the highest quality care in a comfortable and friendly atmosphere. His treatment approach is conservative in nature, trying to maintain as much natural tooth structure as possible. His desire is to have patients and their families become part of ‘our practice family.’ He treats patients of all ages, from age 3 on up. He excels in all phases of treatment, especially when it comes to helping patients achieve a beautiful smile through whitening, bonding, veneers or implants.
Outside of the office, Dr. McDonough spends most of his time enjoying being around his family. Together with his phenomenal and beautiful wife, Lynda, they home-schooled their three children. With his family, Dr. McDonough runs, swims, golfs, plays tennis, rides bikes, and walks their golden retriever.
Dr. McDonough strives to maintain a practice that brings glory and honor to the Lord. He feels blessed to have such a talented and caring staff to meet the needs of their patients, and he welcomes new patients that seek excellent, comfortable, and caring dental treatment.
Meghan McDonough, DDS
Dr. Meghan is incredibly excited and honored to be able to join her dad’s practice here in Dana Point.
Dr. Meghan graduated from Pepperdine University in 2015 as salutatorian of her class with a bachelors in Theatre Arts and a minor in Sports Medicine. She graduated from the Herman Ostrow USC School of Dentistry in 2022. Upon graduation, she was honored with the Robert W. McNulty Memorial Award for highest academic achievement and the award for Outstanding Achievement in Fixed Prosthodontics. While at Ostrow, she was grateful for the opportunities to be a member of the Medical Emergency/Dr. STAT team under the direction of Dr. James Tom and to regularly serve at the Mobile Dental Clinic, providing free dental care to schoolchildren and their families with limited access to care.
Dr. Meghan completed a yearlong general practice residency at Rancho Los Amigos Rehabilitation Center in June 2023, where she was able to provide comprehensive dental care to medically compromised, and physically and developmentally disabled patients. Along with expanding her experience in restorative dentistry, she was able to gain further experience in oral surgery, prosthodontics, endodontics, and periodontics. Aside from developing lasting relationships with many of her patients, her favorite experience was being able to provide complete oral rehabilitation to developmentally disabled patients while patient’s were under sedation in the operating room at RLA.
In her free time, she loves to spend time with her family outdoors, play with their golden retriever, Finnegan, and teach barre3 classes.