Ask The Orthodontist

Parents and kids are continually amazed at the
modern and patient friendly techniques that
are now routinely utilized in orthodontics.

Hannah Rose
Levine will
be called to
the Torah as a
bat mitzvah on
Saturday, Jan. 13,
at Congregation
Beth Shalom.
Hannah Levine
She is the daugh-
ter of Diane and
Donald Levine and
the younger sister of Miriam, Carl and
Max. Proud grandparents are Phyllis
and Herb Mendelson and Lily Levine.
Hannah Rose is a seventh-grade
student at Norup International School.
She decorated and sold picture frames
to earn money for Alyn Children's
Hospital in Jerusalem and will travel
to Eretz Israel with her family this
Pesach to personally deliver her dona-
tion.

Joshua Noah
Newman
(Yehoshua Noach)
will be called to
the Torah as a
bar mitzvah at
Congregation
Shaarey Zedek
Newman
Southfield
Saturday, Jan.
13. He is the son
of Natalie and William Newman
and brother of Eli and Jonah. Proud
grandparents are Miriam and Gerald
Freed and Ann Newman. He is also
the grandson of the late Rudolph
Newman.
Joshua attends Hillel Day School
Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington

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Hills. Among his mitzvah projects,
he especially enjoyed volunteering
with the Friendship Circle in West
Blo omfield.

Lexie Drew
Sittsamer
(Danya Devorah)
will celebrate
her bat mitzvah
Saturday, Jan. 13,
at Adat Shalom
Synagogue. Her
proud parents,
Sittsamer
Wendy Strip-
Sittsamer and
Murray Sittsamer,
and her sister Eden will participate in
the service as well. Lexie is the grand-
daughter of Karen and A.C. Strip of
Dublin, Ohio, and Maxine Sittsamer
and Jack Sittsamer of Pittsburgh,
Pa. Her great-grandmother is Ruth
Feldman, also of Pittsburgh.
Lexie attends O.E. Dunckel Middle
School in Farmington Hills. She par-
ticipates in many ongoing mitzvah
projects; one of her favorites involved
purchasing books during the last four
years to donate to children who have
never owned books.

is comfort has been minimized

with the elimination of
heavy forces. More efficient
and lighter forces with archwires
made of new materials have brought
many smiles to orthodontic patients.
Some wires that cause movement are
temperature sensitive, so patients have
more control as to the level of comfort
and speed at which the teeth move.
Warm foods and mouth temperatures
activate some of these wires, while if
a patient feels uncomfortable, a cold
drink brings a smile. Headgears are
virtually a technique of the past as
alternative techniques now exist. The
actual braces have become smaller,
so less noticeable, with the added
benefit that with smaller brackets
come lighter forces. Titanium braces
are available for added comfort or
a different look. Clear braces have

been improved to
resist stain and are
almost invisible.
Fun and creativity
Nelson Hersh
can be brought
DDS, MS
into the picture
Licensed Specialist
as patients can
now elect and
change the colors used for the braces
monthly. You may even choose glow
in the dark colors as there may be as
many as 70 colors to choose from at
each appointment.

Our office which is located on
the border of West Bloomfield/
Commerce Township at 2300
Haggerty Road, Suite 1160,
248-926-4100.

Our office is located on the border of West Bloomfield/Commerce Township
at 2300 Haggerty Rd., Suite 1160, (248) 926-4100.

Nelson (Nick) Hersh
DDS, MS

Licensed Specialist

1204300

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More B'nai Mitzvah

• Temple Emanu-El — Bradley
Benghiat, son of Michael and Marcy
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elen Levine of Farmington Hills
and Paul and Caroline Levine of
Orion Township are delighted to
announce the engagement of their daughter
Shayna Levine to Jeff Levin, son of Mickey
and Beryl Levin of Farmington Hills.
Shayna and Jeff both received their
business degrees from Michigan State
University. She is a director of mortgage
banking with Quicken Loans in Troy.
Jeff is a financial analyst at Compuware in
Detroit.
A September wedding is planned at
Temple Israel.

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Downtown Franklin '.01d Gift People Building)

248.737.7300

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