Our doctors dedicate their professional careers to providing you the best that dentistry has to offer. We understand the honor it is to serve the community as health care providers and, as such, continue to be life-long learners in our respective specialties. Our team of doctors completes hundreds of hours of continuing education every year so you can be sure your family is receiving the state-of-the-art in gentle and personalized dental care. We have some of the best pediatric dentists and orthodontic specialists in Michigan.

Our experienced staff is especially interested in making all our patients feel right at home! We put your needs first to achieve efficient and comprehensive treatment. Our staff is trained and skilled, and we strive to provide energetic, high-quality, compassionate service to each patient. Each member of our treatment team is a registered assistant, and our office staff has years of experience in treating patients with the highest level of care. We strive to stay abreast of the latest in technological advances by regularly attending continuing education courses and seminars.

Our staff takes great pride in helping others. During the winter months, they have helped children and families in need. They choose families through Macomb Countys Department of Human Service, donating items that families may need. Giving and community involvement is important to the core mission at our practice, and this is just one example of how our staff does that. We are yearly participants in educational programs in schools, community child care centers, and pediatricians offices. We love participating in holiday events like the Macomb Egg-Stravaganza, Trick or Treat trail, or Macomb Township Parks and Recreation Tons O Trucks. We take pride in teaching our community about pediatric dental health. We also like to have fun too! We actively sponsor local sports teams, performing arts events, and support our police, fire, and armed service members we are so grateful for. Our team takes pride in the community and are happy to participate in helping both inside and outside the walls of the practice.

We are exceptionally proud of the type of office staff we have assembled through the years because so many of them have made a career of serving our patients and our community. We are happy to recognize all of our wonderful staff members and we try to say thank you to all our amazing staff on a regular basis. So many of our staff have been with us for very long periods of time, many of them over 30 years, and we think this consistency helps to provide the patient with the best dental care and experience possible.

Dr. Ralstrom received his D.D.S. degree from the University of Detroit School of Dentistry. He went on to complete a residency in pediatric dentistry at Childrens Hospital of Michigan where he served as Chief Resident. He returned to the University of Detroit where he earned his Master of Science degree in Oral Biology while doing research on the effects of oral electrical burns on craniofacial growth and development.

Dr. Ralstrom has been an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Detroit. He also served on the Board of Directors for the Alumni Association of the School of Dentistry. In addition, Dr. Ralstrom has served as Associate Chief of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Co-Director of the Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program at Childrens Hospital of Michigan. In 2006, Dr. Ralstrom was honored by his physician colleagues to be chosen Childrens Hospital of Michigans Alumni of the Year.

Currently, he is a member of the teaching and attending staff at Childrens Hospital of Michigan as well as an attending staff member at Beaumont, Grosse Pointe and St. John Providence. Over the years, Dr. Ralstrom has published articles on a wide variety of topics related to pediatric dentistry.

Dr. Ralstrom is Board Certified by the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, the Pierre Fauchard Academy, the American College of Dentists and the International College of Dentists. He is also a member of the Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society. Dr. Ralstrom has been chosen by his peers to be recognized in the field of pediatric dentistry by Hour Magazines Top Dentists.

Dr. Ralstrom has been an active participant in organized dentistry on the local, state and national levels of the American Dental Association and American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. He has been President of the Macomb Dental Society, Michigan Council of Dental Specialists and the Michigan Academy of Pediatric Dentistry.

Dr. Makowski was born in Hamtramck, Michigan. He studied pre-dentistry at Wayne State University before receiving his D.D.S. from the University of Detroit Dental School in 1980. At graduation, he was nominated to the National Honorary Dental Society Omicron Kappa Upsilon and awarded the Deans Key.

He continued his studies at the University of Nebraska Medical Center where he served as Chief Resident. He was also an Associate Professor at the Washington University School of Dental Medicine and Lecturer and Clinical Instructor at the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at St. Louis Childrens Hospital.

Dr. Makowski joined the group practice in 1987. He is currently on the attending staff at Childrens Hospital of Michigan, St. John Providence and Henry Ford Hospital Macomb. He also serves on the teaching staff at Childrens Hospital of Michigan.

In addition to his many accomplishments, Dr. Makowski has presented scientific exhibits at National Pediatric Dentistry meetings and published definitive articles in national, state and local journals.

Dr. Makowski is certified by the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, the Pierre Fauchard Academy, the American College of Dentists, and the International College of Dentists. He is active in major pediatric dental societies serving as President, Treasurer and Executive Director of the Michigan Academy of Pediatric Dentists. He served as President of the Michigan Dental Association (2014-2015) as well as Treasurer (2011-2013) and member of the Board of Trustees for seven years.

Dr. Daulton was raised in West Bloomfield, Michigan, although he attended high school overseas in Taipei, Taiwan. He attended and graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois where he received an honors Bachelor of Science degree. Following his undergraduate studies, he graduated from the University of Michigan Dental School in 1991. At graduation he was awarded the American Society of Dentistry for Children Award.

Upon graduation from dental school he entered a two-year Master Degree Program in Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Michigan, and was the recipient of the Rackham Graduate Fellowship. During his residency he served on the Craniofacial/Cleft Palate team at Mott Childrens Hospital, Ann Arbor and as a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Michigan Dental School. Dr. Daulton then joined the practice in 1993.