Douglas Park, DDS

Another visit to Dr Parke today ending successfully. He is so kind and patient; his entire staff always seems on the same page. From the greeting at the office, to the waiting environment, to the final conversation summing up the exam, my kids (9, 6 & 2) are always smiling. We don’t even get the best of news at times: my nine-​year-​old has to get two more feelings, BLAH. No one faults or blames, just coaches on how to make better choices and then the conversation moves on. I will be sad when the kids can no longer go to Dr Parke and his amazing staff.

Love the staff!!! Everyone is so welcoming. They had my usually timid grandson so relaxed, he didn’t need me in the room during his cleaning (he’s 5). It’s been such a good experience for him he has no hesitation going to the dentist!

Dr. Park is a fantastic dentist! He makes the kids feel comfortable, as does his entire staff. I cannot recommend him higher.

I’ve been with this dental family since I was like 6 hahah (I’m 14 now, almost 15)
There’s nothing but happiness and family incitement in this dental office. Everyone is kind and helpful. Sad that I will be leaving this place:(

The worst dental experience ever. I was going through looking for a dentist for my daughter who is 2 and when I came across this name I cringed. My son who is now 11 has scars on his cheeks from Dr. Park and his clamps. I would not take my child here!

I’ve been bringing my kids to Dr. Park for years now and they are very friendly and go out of their way to assist you. I have never had any issues and kids are always happy with beautiful smiles when we leave.

After reading some of these reviews, I decided I would leave one too. I don’t know what others experiences have been like, and obviously everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I can say for our family Dr Park has been fantastic. I first heard about him from my Mom who took my little sister to him. My sister had previously gone to another dentist in the area who thought it was okay to yell and scream at a scared little girl. When my Mom couldn’t stay in the room because she was in tears (they had to strap her down at this other dentist office… which by the way is normal… a lot of dentsits will have to do that with some kids, but it’s always a last resort. I know, my MIL is a dental hygienist), anyway, I stayed in the room with my sister until I noticed that dr jerk face was continuing to yell and scream at her. My gut told me this wasn’t the right place… so I told the dentist to stop, and we quickly went somewhere else. That somewhere else was Dr Parks office. My Mom had told him of their experience and how terrified my sister was of dentists now. He was absolutely FANTASTIC with her. So much so, I swear my mother may have disowned me if I had picked any other dentist for my kids. LOL So, that is where we started going. Our kids LOVE him! And he has a very good sense of humor. He talks to the teeth while he’s working on them, and he is very nice. My youngest daughter (and we believe my oldest too) has sensory processing disorder AND a speech disorder. Going to the dentist for kids like this, can be very terrifying. However, he did such a fantastic job that we will never go anywhere else! Our girls love the dentist, and that makes this mama happy!

Our three boys absolutely love going to see Dr. Park and his staff. Our children are 11, 6, and 5 and are always excited about going to see the dentist. Yes, I know it sounds crazy, but it really is true.
This morning our 5 year old was watching a program and in the story a child was afraid of the dentist.
He searched me out to tell me that he isn’t afraid of his dentist.
«I’m not afraid of my dentist. He fixes my toofs and makes me feel better! Yeah, I likeded him and he puts stuff on my two small teef up here but I can still eat stuff. I like that part!»
Our 6 year old had a not so great experience at another office in Gresham where he ended up in tears. We tried Dr. Park’s office and our son has been smiling after his appointments ever since.
Our family can’t say enough about the great care our children receive but also the staff in administration are always kind and considerate!
Thank you for making your office a welcoming and gentle place to come to!

Had been seeing Dr. Park for about two years and I had always sort of overlooked his attitude of impatience with my daughter who is now 10.
I don’t know why.
Last week, we went in to get a tooth looked at for possible problems. She was only back there for a few minutes when I heard a man yelling «What’s with the attitude ?!» I was immediately summoned by the hygienist and went back. He was obviously angry and said she had been disrespectful. I questioned her and she confirmed. I spoke with her about respectfulness to adults, all the while in shock, realizing that he had been yelling at her. Apparently she had said «yes» in a disrespectful tone. (this is not like her, she is a wallflower.) We got through it and he regained his composure, and we left a few minutes later. Upon walking out of the office, she fell apart crying. She said she didn’t understand the question he had been asking and he just kept repeating it so she finally just said «yes» and it came out wrong.
Wether or not she was in the wrong (let’s just assume she was) how can his behavior be acceptable to anyone, let alone the staff? Is it EVER ok to yell at a patient? Is it ever ok to yell at someone else’s child?
I say run. Run the other direction. Never again will I ignore my gut where my children are concerned.

This was our first visit to the dentist. I came in with my daughter, who is 3 y.o. I was very scared to go and do anything with her teeth, because I knew that she would not sit still through anything, let alone somebody digging in her mouth. I was very concerned with how he was going to take care of the pain factor during the procedure. When I asked about it, he said that he was going to use sadative medication «versed», which should help her relax, but it definately would not «knock her out». When I asked how we’re going to deal with it, he said that if a child broke an arm and it needed to be straightened, we would do what needs to be done and not be concerned about the pain; he said that he could strap her down to a chair (!!!) to control her moving, or I could help hold her down. I said that I would try to hold her myself.
When we came in the second time, we were even able to get the X-​Rays taken with no problem (the first time she refused to open her mouth). The doctor and the assistants gave her little prizes (ring, lip balm) for being cooperative.
Before he started with the drill, as she was laying down in her chair, he got over her face and proceeded to tell her that «we can do it the nice way» or the «not so nice» way, where we’ll need to strap you down to a chair, if you do not want to stay still. My daughter does not speak english, so I told that doctor «you do realise that she does not speak english». I did not interpret what he said to my daughter.
As soon as he started putting the dressing around her tooth, she started screaming and trying to get out of the chair. He put the clamp in her mouth, to stop her from closing it, but she knocked it out once, he forced her mouth open and put it back in. I was trying to hold her hands from taking down the dressing and the legs from kicking. The doctor was trying to hold her head w/​one hand while drilling with another. She was screaming at the top of her lungs the whole time. Her eyes, face, neck were red. She had the look of terror on her face. As she starts to loose her voice because of the screaming, she’s still franticly moving her head and trying to get out (at 3 y.o. there’s not much realization, that sometimes it hurts before it gets better — most of us understand this). By this time I was loosing my strength and I could not even hold her any more. From the begining of the procedure and throughout, I was trying to calm her down, by telling her that I was going to get her something if she behaves. When talking in a calm voice didn’t help, I tried talking to her in a firm voice, telling her that she needs to stop screaming, so that we can just get it done and go home. As I am loosing all of my physical and moral strength — the doctor, in a very irritated and angry voice, yells at her and tells her to stop screaming, or something of this nature. At this moment I can not even recollect what exactly his words were, but the voice was very irritated and angry. I myself got scared and for a second didn’t know how to react to something like this. Then, I said «Don’t do that again!». He stopped for a second and said that he’s doing his job and that I should not interfere. I told him that while he’s a dentist, I am her mom, and I know better what is going calm her down and what isn’t, and that yelling at her, when she’s terrified already was not helping!”. He said that if I wasn’t OK with his work then he can not continue. I said that I am not against how he is fixing her teeth, but against him yelling at her, so if he can not fix her teeth without yelling, then I guess we can not continue. Then he was telling me that he’s a PEDIATRIC DENTIST and has got the experience and he knows how to work with kids. Which, you know, I never questioned his dentistry experience but rather the communication skills and the patience which apparently he lacks (big time).
I understand that working with a child that’s scraming and trying to get out of the chair is hard and it might have been emotionally too much for the doctor, but in that case he should’ve said something like «I’m sorry, but unless you can do something to calm her down we can not continue. If you’re ok I can try raising my voice at her, to see if she’s going to calm down when somebody else talks to her in a firm voice». At least I would’ve had the choice (I would’ve said not to continue, and went on to look for some other dentist who can put her to sleep, to fix the teeth).
All in all, my experience has been so horrific that I still can’t get over it. I will never go back.

Cute little office supplied with children’s books, toys and more.
Staff was very friendly, BUT… the dentist was the most impatient person I’ve ever met.
My child hasn’t had the best experience with Dentists, soOOOo I figured If I go to a Pediatric dentist… maybe this visit would help my child’s fear of dentists. I was wrong.
Once the dentist started prodding around in my child’s mouth, my child started to whine, fearing the pain.
I explained to the dentist of my child’s experience with another dentist and told him that my child has great fear of pain.
I thought he understood, but once my child started to whine again, his patience was gone, and he told my child that he will not have any child crying in his office. He was was very scolding and blunt.
It was a VERY uncomfortable situation.
I was so relieved when it was over.
No second appointment was made.
I wouldn’t recommend anyone who has a child that fears the dentist to go there.