Ask The Orthodontist Toothbrush and Toothpaste Historical Trivia Bar/Bat Mitzvah Joshua Reuben Cohen, son of Barbara and Stan Cohen, will celebrate his bar mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 12, at Congregation Beth Ahm. His sis- ter, Amanda, will participate in the joyous occasion. Joshua is the grand- son of Goldie and Samuel Feinberg, the late Rabbi Herbert Eskin and the late Nathan and June Cohen. Josh is an honor student at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. He enjoys snow- boarding, working on the computer and playing video games. Joshua and his family celebrated his bar mitzvah in Jerusalem this past August; while vacationing in Eilat, he became a certi- fiedscuba diver. For his mitzvah proj- ect, Josh volunteered at a JARC group home and especially enjoyed helping the elderly at Fleischman Residence in West Bloomfield. Ilan Friedman will be called to the Torah on the occasion of his bar mitz- vah -at Temple Israel on Saturday, Oct. 12. He is the son of Debbie and Shalom Friedman and brother of Avi and Raphi. His proud grandparents are Shirley and Carl Schram and Esther and Jeremiah Friedman of Atlit, Israel. Ilan attends Walnut Creek Middle -School in Walled Lake. He likes to sing, play tennis, soccer and the bass guitar. His most meaningful mitzvah project was working at the temple's Labor Day picnic. Erin Leigh Goldman will read from the Torah on the occasion of her bat mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 12, at Temple Israel. Her parents are Anne and Lyle Goldman and she is the sister of Adam and Seth. Sharing the sim- chah will be grand- parents Florence and Philip Goldman and Mary and Joseph Feibusch. Erin attends Walled Lake Middle School. She enjoys tennis, softball, volleyball, horseback riding and the computer. Especially meaningful to her as part of her mitzvah project was purchasing school supplies to be used as centerpieces at her bat mitzvah cele- bration and then donated to an ele- mentary school in Detroit. Scott Andrew Gorman was called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 5, at Congregation Beth Ahm. He is the son of Nancy and Joe Gorman and brother of Michael. Excited grandmothers are Rose Selik and Charlotte Gorman. He is also the grandson of the late Burton Selik and the late Seymour Gorman. Scott is an eighth-grade student at Orchard Lake Middle School in West Bloomfield. He enjoys computers, video games and in-line skating. His mitzvah project involved aiding chil- dren with special needs. Daniel Henry Herman, son- of Cathy and Gregg Herman, will celebrate his bar mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 12, at Temple Israel. He is the brother of Emily and Jeffrey and the grandson of Phyllis and Lawrence Agree and Arlene and Morton Herman. Attending Abbott Middle School in West Bloomfield, where he is an honor student, Daniel is interested in football and baseball, ice hockey, skiing and camp. He felt it very meaningful to volunteer at the Holocaust Memorial Center in West Bloomfield and at a JARC home as part of his mitzvah projects. Brandori Isaac Jacobs will celebrate his bar mitzvah at Temple Israel on Friday, Oct. 11. He is the son of Linda and Mark Jacobs and brother of Scott. His very proud grandparents are Mitzi Jacobs, Harriet and Alex Roth and Lillian Jacobs White. He is Toothpaste was used as long ago as 500 BC in China. Modern toothpastes were developed in the 1800s. Dr. Peabody suggest- ed adding soap to tooth cleaners in 1824. John Harris first added chalk to toothpaste in the 1850s. In 1873, Colgate mass- produced nice smelling toothpaste in a jar. 1892, Dr. Sheffield of Connecticut was the first to put toothpaste in a collapsible tube, called Dr. Sheffield's Creme Dentifice. Advancements in syn- thetic detergents (after WWII) replaced soap in toothpaste with emulsifying agents. Colgate research resulted in the use Nelson Hersh DDS, MS of fluoride. Fluoride was added to toothpaste in 1956 when Licensed Specialist Proctor & Gamble launched its Crest product. The ancient Chinese invented natural bristle brushes. The bristles were taken from hogs, and later from horses and badgers. Dupont introduced nylon bristles in 1938. French dentists promoted toothbrush use in the late seventeenth century. The first toothbrush mass-produced was made by William Addis of England. The first American to patent a toothbrush was H.N Wadsworth. Companies began to mass produce toothbrushes in America around 1885. The pro-phy-lac-tic brush made by the Florence Manufacturing Company of Massachusetts is a good example of an early American made toothbrush. The first Nylon Bristle brushes were introduced in 1938. Hard to believe, but most Americans didn't brush their teeth until soldiers brought the Army's enforced habit back home from World War II. The first real Electric toothbrush was produced in 1939, developed in Switzerland. Squibb first marketed the electrical toothbrush in the United States in 1960 under the Name Broxodent. General Electric introduced a rechargeable cordless toothbrush in 1961. Interplak was the first rotary action electrical toothbrush for home use, introduced in 1987. You may reach Dr. Hersh for any questions regarding this or his specialty in Orthodontics at his office on the Border of West Bloomfield/Commerce Township, (248) 360-7700. Nelson (Nick) Hersh DDS, MS Licensed Specialist 44110doptiw EILEEN FISHER SHOP for SAVE on NO SALES TAX a Purchase $250,00 or more of EILEEN FISHER to quality for drawing WIN $500 Gift Certifcate SUN. Oct 13- SAT. Oct. 19 SPECIAL HOURS 11:30 -3:30 Sun. M,T,W,F 10:30-6:30 10:30-7:30 Thurs 10:30-7:30 Sat. LYNN PORTNOY 888-386-9688 Women's Clothier Travel Author goinglikelynn.com 29260 FRANKLIN ROAD • SOUTHFIELD, MI Greater Detroit Council of NA'AMAT USA (providing social services for Israel's people) Donor Luncheon Thursday, October 31 • Noon • Adat Shalom Synagogue 29901 Middlebelt • Farmington Hills featuring Couvert: $25 Minimum Donor Contributions Nolan Finley Editor of the Detroit News Editorial Page For Reservations, call (248) 967-4750 by October 25' David Fink Candidate for Congress in the 9th District 10/11 2002 63