How Look d Ask the OrthodontisrmF . Braces use steady, gentle pressure over time to move teeth into their proper positions. They don't look like they're doing much just Ming there, but in fact every moment or your orthodontic treatment, there's something happening I your mouth. Andrew Siebarth (Avraham Ephraim) will be called to the Torah as a bar mitz- vah on Saturday, Jan. 26, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek West Bloomfield, Siebarth B'nai Israel Center. He is the son of Beth Avadenka and Curt Siebarth and brother of Avence Siebarth and Mieka and Mike Kilcline. Proud grandparents are Beverly and Ed Avadenka of West Bloomfield and Frieda and Elmer Siebarth of Monroe. Andrew is a seventh-grader at Anderson Middle School in Berkley. One of his most meaningful mitzvah projects was organizing a bike drive for Back Alley Bikes in Detroit. Ryan Logan Simmons will be called to the bimah as he celebrates his bar mitzvah Saturday, Jan. 26, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. He Simmons is the son of Ellen and Rick Simmons and the brother of Claire. Sharing in the simchah will be his proud grand- parents Rhoda and Jordan Raider and Mary Jane Simmons. He is also the grandchild of the late Richard L. Simmons. Ryan attends Orchard Lake Middle School in West Bloomfield. His most meaningful Mitzvah project was his involvement with the Children's Leukemia Foundation of Michigan walk-a-thon. Bloomfield. He is the son of Susan and Marc Steingold and brother of Dana, Jamie and Melissa. Proud grandparents are Temmie and Don Velick and Elie and Steingold Eileen Aboulafia. He is also the grandson of the late Joseph Steingold. For his mitzvah project, Brandon is trying to promote awareness and raise funds for research for ovarian cancer. Britani Morgan Wallace, daughter of Robin and Steven Wallace and sister of Brandon, will read from the Torah on the occasion of her bat mitzvah Wallace Saturday, Jan. 26, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. Her proud grandpar- ents are Doris and Marshall Wallace, Judith Behrmann, Neil Kleiman and Erwin Behrman. Britani is a student at Orchard Lake Middle School in West Bloomfield. She felt her most meaningful mitzvah project was making People Pockets and giving them to children at Kids Kicking Cancer. More B'nai Mitzvah • Congregation Shaarey Zedek Southfield — Samantha Dean, daughter of Dr. Steven and Jill Dean (Saturday). • Temple Kol Ami — Jordyn Kaplan (Saturday). The brackets we place on your teeth and the main arch wire that con em, are the two main components. The bracket is a piece of specially sha I or ceramic that we affix to each tooth. Then we bend the arch wire ect your Ideal" bite - what we want you to look like after treatment. ire threads through the brackets and, as the wire tries to return to its origin hope, it applies soft pressure to actually move your teeth. Braces use steady, gentle pressure to gradually move teeth into their proper positions. Thanks to new materials and procedures, all this happens much wicker and gentler tha ever before. its kind of an engineering miracle. I Nelson Hersh DDS, MS Licensed Specialist If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Hersh at the newest state-of- the-art facility in West Bloomfield/ Commerce Twp., 2300 Haggerty Rd., Suite 1160, 248-926-4100. Rubber bands or elastics contribute a lot to straighter teeth. They are marvels o physics. Attached to your braces, elastics exert the force that creates the rig amount of pressure to move teeth in directions that the braces alone can't. Its important to wear your elastics as prescribed and change them every day so t force is constant which the teeth like. A lack of consistency in wearing rubbe bands can bring treatment to a standstill or discomfort, and who wants to do th to themselves. Teeth never fail to move when elastics are worn consistently directed. As for bouncing an elastic off someone across the room, it will happen (don't worry, your aim will improve), If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Hersh, at the newest state-of-the-art orthodontic facility in West Bloornfield/Comme Township at 248-926-4100. 144 114114i tfr 248-926-4100 hershorthodontics.com 1338510 Samantha Paige Dean, daughter of Steven and Jill Dean and sister of Joshua, Nicole and Hayden, will celebrate her bat mitzvah at Congregation Sharey Zedek Southfield Saturday, January 26. Her proud grandparents are Conrad and Barbara Pearl an Rosalie Dean. She is also the grandchild of the 1 Harold Dean. Samantha is a student at Orchard Lake Middle School in West Bloonifie As part of her mitzvah projects, Samantha volunteered at the Michael Yendick Crohn's and Brandon Alex Steingold will become a bar mitzvah on Friday, Jan. 25, at Temple Shir Shalom in West Beresh 65th 44.-N ylvia and Mike Beresh of Southfield celebrated their 65th wedding anni- versary on Dec. 13. Helping them celebrate were their children, Arnold and Michele, Kenny and Suzy, Jerry and Lorry. Hugs, good wishes and many kisses came from their nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Colitis Camp for Children. ? 1352150 Full Service Event Production for Corporate and Social Events MCs • Disc Jockeys • Interactive Dancers • Lighting Design LIVING ENERGY EVENTS AND PRODUCTIONS www.livingenergy.com 248 926 9550 „IN January 24 2008 C15