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Forever Young Dentistry Complete Health Dentistry practice. Your oral and overall health are related! Be proactive not reactive.

At Forever Young Dentistry, Dr. Michael Young has been dedicated to providing families in Sterling Heights, MI with top-quality dental care for well over two decades now. In addition to completing extensive continuing education courses whenever he can, he has also been mentoring other dentists at the prestigious Kois Center for Advanced Dental Learning since 2005. He is pleased to have Dr. Joseph Samona as an associate dentist at Forever Young Dentistry. Together, the two of them can perform virtually all dental services you and your family members might need under one roof, from basic checkups to comprehensive smile makeovers to tooth replacement with dental implants. Their office is equipped with the latest dental technology for comfortable, precise care, and they even offer amenities like pillows, TV, lip balm, tea, and fresh bread to help you feel at ease. Their friendly team is ready to meet you, so give them a call today to schedule your appointment!

If you have dental insurance, there's a date worth knowing: December 31.Most dental plans run on the calendar year. What...
10/16/2026

If you have dental insurance, there's a date worth knowing: December 31.

Most dental plans run on the calendar year. Whatever is left of your annual maximum usually doesn't carry over, and deductibles typically start again in January.

So if you've been putting off a crown, a filling, or the next step in a treatment plan, fall is a good time to look at it. Not December. By then the calendar gets tight, and the appointments that are left go quickly.

Not sure what's left on your plan this year? Your insurance company can tell you, and we're happy to help you make sense of it.

No dental insurance? Ask about our membership plan, built for patients without insurance.

Call our Sterling Heights office at (586) 795-5678, or call our Lenox Twp office at (586) 277-0080.

10/01/2026

A crown used to mean two appointments and a temporary. Since 2004 we’ve been doing crowns in one visit.
If you’ve had a crime before, you would probably remember the routine: a goopy impression, a plastic temporary for two or three weeks, and a second appointment to cement the real one.
At our Sterling Heights and Lennox Township offices, almost all crowns are done in a single visit. We scan the tooth digitally, designed the crown on screen while you’re in the chair, and mail it right here in the office. You leave with your finished crown not a temporary.
That means you get numb one time instead of two no temporary to fall off, and one less day you need to take off work.

Dental veneers get asked about more than almost anything else in my office, usually in the form of "would veneers fix th...
09/26/2026

Dental veneers get asked about more than almost anything else in my office, usually in the form of "would veneers fix this?" The honest answer is: sometimes, and sometimes something simpler would.

A veneer is a thin shell of porcelain bonded to the front of a tooth. It changes color, shape and length in one step. For teeth that are worn short, chipped, discolored past what whitening can reach, or uneven in a way that has bothered you for years, veneers can be the right answer, and for the right patient the change can be dramatic.

But I would rather tell you the whole picture. If your teeth are healthy and the only complaint is color, whitening may get you there. If one edge is chipped, bonding may be all you need. If the issue is crowding, straightening the teeth first often gives a better result than covering them. Most veneers are permanent, because a small amount of enamel is usually removed to make room for them, so they should be the right tool, not the default one.

That is what a consultation is for. We look at your bite, your face, the wear on your teeth and what you actually want to change, and then I tell you plainly what I would do if it were my smile.

If you've been hiding your smile in photos, that's exactly the conversation to have. Call our Sterling Heights office at (586) 795-5678, or our Lenox Twp. location at (586) 277-0080 to schedule a consultation.

A healthy body begins with a healthy mouth.

World Heart Day is this Tuesday, so here's the part of heart health that comes from a dentist.The same bacteria that cau...
09/26/2026

World Heart Day is this Tuesday, so here's the part of heart health that comes from a dentist.

The same bacteria that cause gum disease have been found in the plaque that builds up inside arteries. That's not a figure of speech. Researchers have identified oral bacteria in arterial plaque. The connection is still being studied, and nobody can say gum disease causes heart disease. But the association between the two is well documented, and inflammation is the common thread.

Here's why that matters in practical terms. Gums that bleed when you brush or floss are inflamed gums, and inflamed gums are an open door: bacteria that would normally stay put can enter the bloodstream during ordinary chewing and brushing. Keeping that population small, with daily brushing, flossing and regular cleanings, is one of the few things on the heart-health list that takes about four minutes a day.

If your gums bleed, that isn't something to wait out. And if it's been more than six months since your last cleaning, this is a good week to call. Our Sterling Heights office is (586) 795-5678.

A healthy body begins with a healthy mouth.

Why does a dental implant take months when a crown can be done in a day? Fair question. I get it every week.The short an...
09/23/2026

Why does a dental implant take months when a crown can be done in a day? Fair question. I get it every week.

The short answer is that an implant is not attached to your jaw. It has to become part of it. A small titanium post is placed where the root used to be, and then the bone heals and fuses around it. That fusion is what lets an implant tooth carry a full bite, and it happens on the body's schedule, not ours.

The road there depends on your starting point:

• If the tooth is already missing, the site sometimes needs bone grafting first. When it does, that graft may need three to six months of healing before the implant can go in.
• If the tooth still has to come out, we can sometimes remove it and place the implant the same day. When that isn't the right call, the tooth comes out, the site heals for three to six months, and then the implant is placed.
• Once the implant has fused, we take records, and a custom abutment and crown are made to fit it.

Start to finish, that is several months to about a year, depending on which path is yours. Not everyone is a candidate for every path. Bone volume, gum health, certain medical conditions and smoking all affect healing, and that is exactly what we evaluate first.

The time is not a delay. It is the treatment.

If you're missing a tooth and want to know which path would be yours, call our Sterling Heights office at (586) 795-5678 or use the form at ForeverYoungDentistry.com.

A healthy body begins with a healthy mouth.

An implant tooth is three parts, not one — and knowing that makes every conversation about implants easier.Patients ask ...
09/19/2026

An implant tooth is three parts, not one — and knowing that makes every conversation about implants easier.

Patients ask me for "an implant" the way you'd ask for a crown. But a finished implant tooth is a small assembly:

1. The implant itself — a small titanium post placed in the jaw where the root used to be. The bone heals and fuses around it. This is the part that replaces the root, which is why it is the one option that helps preserve the jawbone underneath.

2. The abutment — a custom connector that screws into the implant once it has fused.

3. The crown — the tooth you see, seated on the abutment.

Why it matters: an implant stands on its own. We don't reshape the healthy teeth on either side, you brush and floss it like a natural tooth, and it looks and functions closer to a natural tooth than anything else we can offer. The trade-offs are real, too — it is a minor surgical procedure, the full process takes months rather than weeks, and not everyone is a candidate for every path. That is what the consultation is for.

If you're missing a tooth, or about to lose one, the honest comparison of all your options — implant, bridge, partial, or waiting — is a conversation I'm glad to have. Call our Sterling Heights office at (586) 795-5678 or visit ForeverYoungDentistry.com.

A healthy body begins with a healthy mouth.

The Kois Center trains dentists from around the world. Here's what makes it different — and why I teach there.Most peopl...
09/16/2026

The Kois Center trains dentists from around the world. Here's what makes it different — and why I teach there.

Most people assume a dentist finishes school, gets licensed, and that's the training done. In reality, dentistry keeps moving, and the gap between "what I learned then" and "what's possible now" only grows if you let it.

The Kois Center is one of the most respected continuing-education institutions in dentistry. What sets it apart is that it's relentlessly evidence-based — every technique and material is examined against the actual research, not just tradition or habit. Dentists travel from all over the world to train there.

As a Clinical Instructor at the Kois Center, I have the privilege to mentor students taking the courses, which means I don't just take those courses — I help teach them. And here's why that matters for you: when I'm mentoring other dentists the current, evidence-based way to do something, I'm using those exact same protocols in my own operatory. The standard I hold other dentists to is the standard your care is held to.

I don't share this to brag. I share it because you deserve to know your dentist is genuinely current — not doing it the way it was done twenty years ago simply out of habit.

A healthy body begins with a healthy mouth.

Visit ForeverYoungDentistry.com or FYDBayside.com to learn more.

Smiling does more than show you're happy — research suggests it nudges you toward it.It's called facial feedback: the mu...
09/16/2026

Smiling does more than show you're happy — research suggests it nudges you toward it.

It's called facial feedback: the muscles you use to smile appear to report back to the brain. In one well-known study, people who held a smile through a stressful task recovered faster than people who kept a neutral face — a small effect, but it showed up whether or not they felt like smiling.

The catch is that it only works if you let yourself smile, and I see the opposite every week: the hand over the mouth, the closed-lip photo.

Cosmetic dentistry in Sterling Heights — whitening, bonding, veneers, straightening — is the easy part to describe. What patients tell me afterward is that they stopped thinking about their teeth.

If you've been holding your smile back, that is worth a conversation. Call (586) 795-5678 or use the form at ForeverYoungDentistry.com for a consultation. Or, call (586) 277-0080 or go to FYDBayside.com

A healthy body begins with a healthy mouth.

When I'm teaching other dentists, I'm using the exact same protocols I use in my own operatory.I'm a Clinical Instructor...
09/15/2026

When I'm teaching other dentists, I'm using the exact same protocols I use in my own operatory.

I'm a Clinical Instructor at the Kois Center, which means part of my year is spent in front of rooms of practicing dentists — many with decades of experience — working through how to diagnose and plan complex cases.

Here's why that matters to you, and it isn't about a credential on a wall.

Teaching forces a particular kind of honesty. You cannot stand in front of a room of experienced dentists and explain that you do something "because that's how I've always done it." You have to show the evidence. And the questions they ask are exactly the ones that find the soft spots in your reasoning — which sends you back to the research more often than is comfortable.

So the standard I'm holding those dentists to is the same one my own work gets held to. Same protocols, same diagnostic framework, same evidence.

Teaching is learning.

A healthy body begins with a healthy mouth.

Visit ForeverYoungDentistry.com to learn more.

Most people know Botox as a cosmetic treatment. Fewer know that dentists use it for jaw pain — so here's how it actually...
09/09/2026

Most people know Botox as a cosmetic treatment. Fewer know that dentists use it for jaw pain — so here's how it actually works.

When you clench or grind, the muscles doing the work are the masseter and temporalis: the thick muscles at the angle of your jaw and along your temple. In a lot of people those muscles are overactive, often at night, and they are strong enough to wear down teeth, strain the joint, and set off tension headaches.

Botox works on the muscle, not the joint. Placed in specific spots, it reduces how hard those muscles can contract. The jaw still works normally for eating and speaking — it just can't clench with the same force.

That's the whole mechanism. Less clenching force means less strain on the joint and the teeth, and many patients notice fewer morning headaches and less soreness.

A few honest caveats: it isn't permanent, the effect comes on over a couple of weeks rather than immediately, and it won't be right for everyone. It also isn't a cure for TMJ — it addresses one part of the problem, and it works best alongside an exam that identifies what else is going on.

If you wake up with a sore jaw, or you know you grind, it's worth asking about.

A healthy body begins with a healthy mouth.

Visit ForeverYoungDentistry.com or FYDBayside.com to learn more.

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