Kristy Lee Top Dentist 2026 recognition announced by Modern Haus Dental
Modern Haus Dental says Dr. Kristy Lee received a third Bethesda Magazine Top Dentist honor, though the 2026 listing was not shown in available material.
By Priya Raghavan · Science Reporter
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Modern Haus Dental announced Aug. 11 that Dr. Kristy Lee had received a Bethesda Magazine Top Dentist recognition for a third straight year. The Kristy Lee Top Dentist 2026 announcement matters locally because it concerns a Chevy Chase practice, but the available material does not independently document a 2026 Bethesda Magazine listing.
The announcement was distributed through GlobeNewswire and republished by The Manila Times. It says Lee has practiced dentistry for 15 years, is in her third year as a practice owner and has also received Washingtonian Magazine Top Dentist recognition for two consecutive years.
Has Kristy Lee been named a Bethesda Magazine Top Dentist for 2026?
Modern Haus Dental’s announcement says yes, describing the honor as Lee’s third consecutive Bethesda Magazine recognition. A first-party Instagram post also says Lee was named a 2026 Top Dentist by Bethesda Magazine and Washingtonian.
However, the Bethesda Magazine material available for review shows a directory page for Modern Haus Dental and navigation to its Top Dentists category, without the substance of Lee’s individual entry, a 2026 designation, or the publication’s selection rules. That leaves the 2026 recognition and the three-year sequence reported as an announcement rather than independently confirmed by the magazine in the available evidence.
The practice’s own services page lists Lee as a Bethesda Magazine Top Dentist in 2024 and 2025, as well as a Washingtonian Magazine Top Dentist in 2025. Those earlier dates are reported by the practice, not established by a supplied Bethesda Magazine awards record.
Lee’s office is at 5530 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 710, in Chevy Chase, according to her Zocdoc profile. The practice describes its Chevy Chase dental services as including preventive, restorative and cosmetic care.
The release describes Bethesda Magazine and Washingtonian honors as peer-survey recognitions rather than announcements or self-nominations. It also says nominees are checked for active licensure and good standing, but the available Bethesda Magazine excerpt does not document those procedures.
Modern Haus Dental is owned by Lee and has no affiliation with a dental service organization or private-equity partner, according to the announcement. The release placed the recognition against broader changes it described in dental-practice ownership, including women’s participation in ownership and the growth of corporate dental groups; the supplied material does not independently substantiate those wider assertions.
In a statement released with the announcement, Lee said she was grateful for the recognition and focused on the patients in her care.