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HEALTH

J

ewish-owned dental practice Lifetime 
Dental Group is celebrating the 
opening of its newest office in West 
Bloomfield.
The 6,000-square-foot state-of-the-art 
dental facility marks the third location for 
the growing practice, which has two more 
locations in South Lyon and 
Canton. The latter is the orig-
inal practice opened in 1999, 
which was originally called 
David N Kam DDS PC.
Hailing from a long line of 
Sephardic Jewish ancestry, 
Lifetime Dental Group owner 
and founder Dr. David Kam has worked 
as a dentist for 27 years and is actively 
involved in the Metro Detroit Jewish com-
munity.
His wife, Michelle Kam, serves on the 
board of MSU Hillel. Together, they sup-
port Zekelman Holocaust Center, Jewish 
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, the 
State of Israel and AIPAC, in addition to 
sponsoring various events at MSU Hillel.
Kam, 53, of West Bloomfield, believes 
it’s part of the Jewish duty to give back to 

Jewish life. “We owe it to the community,” 
the dentist explains. “The community sup-
ports us and we should support them.”
Yet his Jewish values go beyond simply a 
love for supporting Jewish culture in Metro 
Detroit and beyond. In fact, Kam says it’s 
the driving factor behind his business val-
ues. 
“We lived in a very Conservative house-
hold, knowing right from wrong,” he 
explains. “The Jewish values that I learned 
growing up, I implemented those same val-
ues in my business.”
Kam prides his practice on one distin-
guishing trait: honesty. “I started my busi-
ness with nothing,” he recalls, “not even one 
patient. To grow so big, it’s because we treat 
people how people deserve to be treated. 
We do good, honest work at a fair price.”
Between its three offices, Lifetime Dental 
Group sees close to 25,000 patients and has 
60 professionals on staff. Oftentimes, the 
practice will see people in need who can’t 
afford standard dental fees, because Kam 
calls it “a mitzvah” for those who “dedicate 
their lives to God.” 
“That’s what we’ve done for the last 25 

years or so,” he says.

STATE-0F-THE-ART PRACTICE
The new West Bloomfield facility is the 
latest contribution to the Metro Detroit 
Jewish community and beyond, which Kam 
says makes dental visits easier for patients 

Dr. David 
Kam

ASHLEY ZLATOPOLSKY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

One Smile at a Time

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Katelyn Pender 
of Waterford and 
Kelly Kowalski of 
Madison Heights 
check in patient 
Sabrina Kaufman of 
Bloomfield Hills. 

Dr. David Kam 
examines Robyn 
Presser of West 
Bloomfield. 

PHOTOS BY JERRY ZOLYNSKY

Lifetime Dental Group celebrates the opening 
of 6,000-square-foot West Bloomfield facility.