Ask The Orthodontist

"Cosmetic braces for the teeth"

Perhaps the most significant aesthetic advance in
orthodontics over the past decade involves bonding
brackets directly onto patients' teeth. Brackets are tiny
devices that are used to attach the main wire known as
•
an archwire. In the past, individual stainless steel
Nelson Hersh DDS, MS
rings, known as bands, were wrapped around and
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cemented to each tooth. Although this method
was effective, it made for a mouth of metal that was
often referred to as a "tin grin." Today, use of bands is usually limited to the
posterior or back teeth, where they can sustain greater forces and serve as
anchors to the wire. The front teeth are treated with tiny brackets, which
can be available in clear, silver, gold or even titanium. These less visible
brackets all but eliminate the self-consciousness that used to be associated
with the larger metal braces.
The small brackets allow for lighter and more comfortable forces to be
applied to the teeth in addition to the benefit of easier oral hygiene for the
patient. Even the brackets can be extra small in size depending upon the
orthodontist's selection, usually based on his dexterity and size of his hands.
The new bracketing system can make placement of the orthodontic
appliance quicker and more comfortable. For many it can be made fun wth
the different color rubber rings that hold the wire to the bracket. These
colors are changed each month and help make orthodontics fun!
Parents with any orthodontic concerns for their child should consult an
orthodontist concerning the need for orthodontic treatment. As a dental
specialist, an orthodontist has elected to limit his practice to this specific
area of expertise and has received additional training by an accredited dental
school for advanced education. Our office is located in W. Bloomfield at
2300 Haggerty Rd., Suite 1160. Our phone number is (248) 926-4100.

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DDS, MS

Licensed Specialist

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August 24 2006

Mazel Toy! from page 57

Robert E. Weinstock. Great-grandpar-
ents are Sam and Eve Solomon and
Sylvia Weinstock.
Jordyn attends Hillel Day School of
Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington
Hills and made fleece pillows for kids
at Children's hospital as one of her
mitzvah projects.

Abraham Clay Morgan (Avram
Moshe) will be called to the Torah
as a bar mitzvah Saturday, Aug. 26,
at Temple Kol Ami. He is the son
of Janice and
Alexander
Morgan and
big brother of
Julia. His proud
grandmother is
Mary Kempner.
He is also the
grandson of
the late Irving
Kempner.
Morgan
Abe is a stu-
dent at Derby
Middle School in Birmingham. For
his mitzvah project, he worked at Yad
Ezra in Berkley.

Rikki Michaela Shapiro, daughter
of Michelle Ryke Shapiro and Jeffrey
Shapiro, will be called to the bimah
on the occasion of her bat mitzvah
Friday, Aug.
25, at Temple
Israel. She
is the sister
of Rachel and
Elyse and the
grandchild
of Marcia
and Bernard
Shapiro and
Shapiro
Elaine Ryke
and Hershel
Kashdan. She is also the grandchild
of the late Eddie Ryke.
Rikki is a student at Berkshire
Middle School in Birmingham. One
of her mitzvah projects was volun-
teering at Yad Ezra in Berkley.

Brandon
Scott Stone,
son of Ilene
and Gary Stone
and brother of
Alyssa, will read
from the Torah
as he celebrates
his bar mitzvah
Friday, Aug.
Stone
25, at Temple
Israel. His
grandparents are Soralee and Gerald

Broida and Zelda and Gerald Stone.
His proud great-grandfather is Bert
Cohen. He is also the great-grand-
child of the late Kate Cohen, the late
Molly and the late George Goldstein,
the late Albert Gershenzon, the late
Pearl and the late Sidney Broida and
the late Frances and the late Harry
Stone.
Brandon attends Orchard Lake
Middle School in West Bloomfield.
He participated in the Relay for Life
and felt that was a very important
and meaningful mitzvah project.

Lila Rose
Weinstein,

daughter of
Debi and Lee
Weinstein, will
celebrate her
bat mitzvah
on Saturday,
Aug. 26, at
Temple Shir
Weinstein
Shalom. She
is the sister
of Elana and Marni Weinstein and
granddaughter of Myrna and Henry
"Tony" Home and Barbara and
Seymore Weinstein. She is the great-
granddaughter of Helen Bluestone.
Lila is a student at Walled Lake
Middle School. Her most meaning-
ful mitzvah project was working
with the Friendship Circle, teaching
dance.

Beth El Picnic
Temple Beth El members and friends
will begin the new year with their
annual temple-wide picnic Sunday,
Sept. 10, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on
the temple grounds.
Featured at this year's event will be
a host of games, a moonwalk, giant
slide and an obstacle course plus
music, clowns and food. The picnic
is open to the community without
charge.
Picnic sponsors include the temple
auxiliaries: Family Circle, sister-
hood, Beth Elders, brotherhood and
the Young People's Society plus the
Donald Canvasser Memorial Fund,
Meyer and Anna Prentis Family Fund
in Memory of Jimmy Prentis Morris
and Wally P. Straus and the William
and Sylvia Rubin Fathily Fund.
For information, call Barbara Grant,
(248) 851-1100, ext. 3149.

