Ask The Orthodontist
Toothbrush and Toothpaste
Historical Trivia
Zachary Ross Lederman, son of
Karen and Marc Lederman, will
read from the Torah as he cele-
brates his
bar mitzvah
Friday, Oct,
7, at Temple
Israel. He is
the brother
of Sean,
Jordan and
Lederman
Andy.
Sharing in
the simchah will be his grandfa-
ther Meyer Apple. He is also the
grandchild of the late Beverly
Apple and the late Ann and Sam
Lederman.
Zach attends Orchard Lake
Middle School in West Bloomfield.
His most meaningful mitzvah
project was to participate in the
Relay for Life.
Zachary Migdal will be called to
the Torah as a bar mitzvah
Saturday, Oct. 8, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek Southfield. He
will be joined by his proud par-
ents, Staci and Bruce Migdal. He is
the older
brother of
Jordan and
the grand-
son of
Rosalie
Migdal, the
late Albert
Migdal
Migdal,
Harold
Milton and the late Barbara
Milton.
Zachary attends Berkshire
Middle School in Beverly Hills. His
mitzvah projects included working
as a volunteer this past summer at
the Beth Hayeled nursery school.
Marlee Rose Rich, daughter of
Larry and Lisa Rich, will become a
bat mitzvah Saturday, Oct. 8, at
Temple Shir Shalom. She is the
younger sister of Scott. Proud
grandparents are Arthur and
Diane Lampe and Ruth Rich.
Marlee is also the granddaughter
of the late Samuel Rich.
Marlee is
a student at
West Hills
Middle
School in
Bloomfield
Hills.
Among her
mitzvah
Rich
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projects, she developed a fund-
raiser for Gilda's Club by selling
hand-made jewelry.
Lena and Jacquelyn Salzbank
Jacquelyn Moiray (Yaacova
Moriya) and Lena Emma (Leah
Emunah) Salzbank will celebrate
Jacquelyn and Lena Salzbank
their b'not mitzvah Saturday, Oct.
8, by delivering a d'var Torah at the
Chabad of Port Washington in
Port Washington, N.Y. They are the
twin daughters of Robert and
Stephanie (Solomon) Salzbank.
Honored grandparents are Ernest
and Gloria Solomon of Franklin
and Julius Salzbank of Roslyn N.Y.
They are also the granddaughters
of the late Claire Salzbank.
The girls attend Hebrew
Academy of Nassau County, a Long
Island yeshivah; they do extensive
chesed projects.
Stephanie Mara Saperstein will
be called to the Torah as a bat
mitzvah Saturday, Oct. 8, at
Temple Emanu-EL Sharing in the
joy of this
special occa-
sion will be
parents,
Regina and
Guy
Saperstein;
grandparents
Dr. Harvey
Saperstein
and Marilyn
Saperstein,
Murray and Rusty Schwartz, Will
and Regina Mild; and great-grand-
mother Regina Alzner.
Stephanie is an eighth-grade
student at Norup Middle School in
Oak Park. Her mitzvah contribu-
tions included volunteering at Yad
Ezra in Berkley.
Toothpaste was used as long ago as 500 BC in China. Modern
toothpastes were developed in the 1800s. Dr. Peabody
suggested 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. In 1892 Dr.
Sheffield of Connecticut was the first to put toothpaste into a
Nelson Hersh DDS, MS
collapsible tube, called Dr. Sheffield's Creme Dentifrice.
Licensed Specialist
Advancements in synthetic detergents (after WWII) replaced
the soap in toothpaste with emulsifying agents. Colgate
research resulted in the use of fluoride. Fluoride was added to toothpaste in 1956 when
Proctor & Gamble launched its Crest product.
The ancient Chinese invented natural bristle brushes. The bristles were taken from hogs,
and later, horses and badgers. Dupont introduced nylon bristles in 1938. French dentists
prorated 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 1835. The Pro-phy-lac-tic brush made by the Florence Manufacturing
Company of Massachusetts in 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.
Nelson (Nick) Hersh
DDS MS
Licensed Specialist
248.926.4100
2300 Haggerty Rd. • Suite 1160
West Bloomfield
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