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"Cross-bites and the Need for Correction"

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Alana Nicole
Petsch, daugh-
ter of Jackie and
Bradley Petsch
and sister of
Caroline, will read
from the Torah at
Temple Israel,
Petsch
Saturday, Jan. 27,
as she celebrates
her bat mitzvah. Her grandparents are
Janice Petsch and Carl Petsch. She is
also the grandchild of the late Gerald
Franklin. Her late great-grandparents
are Eve and Jack Franklin, Fanny and
Albert Horowitz, Esther and Harry
Higdon, Caroline and George Petsch
and Gleason Frank.
Alana attends Walnut Creek Middle
School in Walled Lake. Her most
meaningful mitzvah project was her
involvement with Friendship Circle in
West Bloomfield.

Jake Harrison Wayne will be called
to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on
Saturday, Jan. 27, at Congregation

Shaarey Zedek
Southfield.
He is the son
of Robin and
Mitchell Wayne
and brother of
Spencer Hailey
Wayne.
His proud
Wayne
grandparents are
Elaine and Stuart
Perlman and Marilyn and Larry
Wayne.
Jake is a student at Derby
Middle School in Birmingham. He will
donate a portion of his bar mitzvah
gifts to the local Holocaust Memorial
Center and to Paws for a Cause.

More B'nai Mitzvah
• Congregation Shaarey Zedek
West Bloomfield B'nai Israel
Center — Connie Victor, daugh-
ter of Cindy Rhodes and Dianne and
David Victor (Saturday).
• Temple Emanu-El — Jackson
Gorland, son of Scott and Jennifer
Gorland (Saturday).

he malocclusion known as cross-bite is the most
common cause of facial asymmetry or irregularity.
Normally the arch of the lower jaw (mandible) is
slightly smaller than the arch of the upper jaw (maxilla),
resulting in the lower teeth closing inside the upper
teeth. A cross-bite occurs when the lower teeth overlap
the upper teeth either at the back of the dental arch or in
the front. When cross-bites occur with the front teeth,
the result can be a protruding chin. When the cross-bite
occurs in the back the result is a narrowness of the face
and a poor bite.

Nelson Hersh
DDS, MS
Licensed Specialist

Cross-bites should be corrected, as the teeth do not mesh together properly and
can result in improper wear of the teeth, inappropriate forces causing further
dental problems and even breakage of teeth with need for restoration, which can
predispose an individual to TMD (jaw joint problems) and cosmetic concerns.

The best method for correcting a cross-bite involves repositioning the teeth
through orthodontic treatment. However, there are some severe cases when
orthognathic surgery may also be required for a full correction. This type of jaw
correcting surgery entails surgically reshaping or postioning the bones of the jaw,
and is entirely performed within the mouth as to leave no visible scars. Some
cross-bites can be corrected without surgical intervention if treated while the
patient is still growing. Other times, growth, which is genetic, will determine
when correction is best timed. It is best to allow an orthodontic specialist to
perform an exam to determine ideal timing of correction.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dr.
Hersh at the newest state-of-the-art facility in West BloomfieldlCommerce
Township, 2300 Haggerty Road, Suite 1160, 248-926-4100.

Nelson (Nick) Hersh
DDS, MS

Licensed Specialist

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Lazar-Markle

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aren and Bruce Lazar of
Farmington Hills and Rochelle
and Charles Markle of West
Bloomfield are thrilled to announce the
engagement of their children Laura Ilyse
and Brian Jeffrey.
Laura earned a bachelor's degree in edu-
cation at the University of Michigan and is
working toward a master's of education at
DePaul University in Illinois. She is teaching
eighth-grade reading and language arts in
Bensenville, Ill.
Brian earned his bachelor of science from
Michigan State University and his doctor
of medicine from Wayne State University, Detroit. He is an internal medicine
resident at the University of Illinois at Chicago and completing his master's of
public health.
A March wedding is planned at Temple Israel, West Bloomfield.

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