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community education program on
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obstetrician/gynecologist, 11
a.m.-noon Tuesday, June 3, at
Grace Hospital. For information,
call (313) 966-3246.

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A Health Insurance Informa-
tion Fair will be offered noon-3
p.m. Thursday, June 5, at the
Heatherwood Retirement Com-
munity, 22800 Civic Center Dr.
There is no charge. For reserva-
tions, call (248) 350-1777.

The Begley Organization will host
a free seminar on financing long-
term care, 2 p.m. Thursday, June
5, at Huntley Square Apartments
clubhouse. For reservations, call
(800) 855-1010.

The National Bone Marrow
Transplant Link will hold a free
panel discussion on transplants,
7 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, at the
Ascension of Christ Lutheran
Church in Beverly Hills. To at-
tend, call (800) 546-5268.

The Hospice of Michigan will host
area clergy and funeral directors
at Hospice Home, 7:30-9:30 am.
Friday, June 6, Middlebelt near
11 Mile, Farmington Hills. For in-
formation, call (248) 466-5656.

Abbe Grossman, licensed psy-
chologist, will hold several free
workshops on eating disorders,
at 23455 Northwestern Hwy.,
Southfield. "Making Peace With
Food" will be 10:30 a.m. or 7:30
p.m. Wednesday, June 4, July 2,
Aug. 6. For information, call (248)
351-9393.

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date, location and subject of the
event as well as a contact name
and phone number. Send all in
at least two weeks
in advance to Alan Hitsky, De-
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Franklin Road, Southfield, MI
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New Treatment
For Halitosis

LISA LELAND

SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

I

he human mouth is the
dirtiest, most foul part of
the body, playing host to
a record 200 forms of
bacteria.
No wonder $500 million a
year is spent trying to make the
old kisser presentable, on every-
thing from breath mints and
chewing gums to mouthwashes,
toothpastes and sprays.
Problem is when you have
bad breath - and not the simple
variety that a person wakes up
with or suffers as the conse-
quences of eating garlic or raw
onions—these products only
mask one odor with another for
a brief period of time.
Luckily, there is a new treat-
ment for chronic halitosis that
lets sufferers breathe a fresh,
sweet-smelling sigh of relief.
"Chronic halitosis is a tremen-
dously sensitive issue for the
people who have the problem,"
says Dr. Henry Crossetti, a
Schaumburg, Ill., periodontist
and local pioneer in bad
breath treatment. "Unfortu-
nately, Madison Avenue has
made it an issue of cleanliness,
and it's not.

Just think of some of the mes-
sages in television commercials
, —nobody wants to kiss you, peo-
ple move away from you because
your breath is offensive. To be-
lieve any of this can be psycho-
logically devastating."
While the implication is it's
all a matter of hygiene, Crossetti
said nearly all the people he
treats for chronic bad breath
have impeccable oral hygiene,
precisely because they've tried
every method out there to erad-
icate the problem.
The reality is there are no
known reasons why some peo-
ple suffer from chronic bad
breath and others do not. But
there is now a much better un-
derstanding of what creates
chronic halitosis and how it can
be alleviated.
"The amount of information
on halitosis is coming in leaps
and bounds, finally," said Cros-
setti. "It used to be dental re-
searchers were after other fish;
their first priorities were trying
to save teeth and dealing with
gum disease and gum decay.
Halitosis was not debilitating,
even though it was embarrass-
ing, so it got put on the back
burner."
According to an article last fall
in the American Dental Associ-
ation professional journal, some
25 million people suffer from
chronic breath malodor. Also,

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