Ask the Orthodontist

Baby teeth also known as primary teeth or deciduous teeth, serve an important
purpose. In addition to their functional purpose they serve as nature's space
maintainers for future permanent teeth.

As a general rule, when a permanent tooth Is beginning to erupt, the baby tooth
It replaces should either fall out, be wiggled out, or removed by the dentist.
Otherwise the baby tooth may deflect the permanent tooth Into the Incorrect
position. If removing a baby tooth will encourage the permanent tooth to erupt
in the ideal position, then It is time for removal.

Young-Shavell

Nelson Hersh
DDS, MS

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alerie Iwalani Young, daughter of
Mr. Lowell Young and Ms. Debbie
Young of Hawaii, married Daren
Bahr Shaven, son of Dr. and Mrs. Joel Martin
Shaven of Bloomfield Hills in a wedding
ceremony at Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
Oakland County; Rabbi Alon Tolwin offici-
ated and Ronn Nadis performed as cantor.
The occasion was joyfully witnessed by
family and friends of the bride and groom.
The bride is a graduate of Weill Medical
College of Cornell University, New York. She
is completing her residency in obstetrics
and gynecology at Detroit Medical Center.
The groom is a graduate of University of Michigan and working in finance at
Telemus Capital in Southfield

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If you have any
further questions,
please do not
hesitate to contact
Dr. Hersh at the
newest state-of-
the-art faculty in
West Bloomfield/
Commerce Twp.,
2300 Haggerty Rd.,
Suite 1160,
248-926-4100.

The orthodontist or dentist should also be keeping an eye out for asymmetry,
meaning that if one baby tooth Is gone and the corresponding baby tooth on the
other side is not, It may allow teeth to begin shifting and cause mid-line deviations.

If permanent front teeth do not have enough room to erupt properly, It Is often
advisable to remove certain of the baby teeth in sequence. Some advantages
of this are to minimize severe crowding and rotations of teeth, reduce chances
of decay etc., but the taking out of baby teeth does not permanently solve the
problem. As far as dental space Is concerned, extracting now sometimes is
'robbing Peter to pay Paul, - but It can be one of the kindest procedures we have
found for guiding the permanent teeth into a more normal relationship.

The orthodontist becomes Involved because a master plan must be established. If
the baby teeth do not allow for enough room for the future permanent teeth, then
It must be decided whether more space can be made to accommodate the teeth,
(such as an expander) unless this jeopardizes the stability of the dentition.

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 Bloomfield/Commerce
Township at 248-926-4100.

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248-926-4100

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udrey Meller and Jason Berkley were mar-
ried recently at Shutters on the Beach in
Santa Monica, Calif. Rabbi Craig Wyckoff

officiated.
The mother of bride is Judith Meller of Los Angeles.
The parents of groom are Jere and Fred Berkley of
Agoura Hills, Calif., formerly of Farmington Hills.
Janie Fossner-Pashman was the matron of honor.
Bridesmaids were Lili Levy, Sarica Cohen, Denise
Wally, Jessica Robertson, Arielle Bittoni, Elizabeth
Berkley, sister of the groom, and Rachel Brown.
Co-best men were Alex Steinbock and Ross Niskar.
Groomsmen included Ron Hirsch, Greg Lauren, Eric Meller, brother of bride,
Charlie Mattera, Avrom Gart, Steve Schlussel, Ryan O'Neal and Hal Schwartz.
The couple honeymooned in Maui, Hawaii, and reside in Brentwood, Calif

he Friendship Circle and the Morrie and
Sybil Fenkell Volunteer club wot lid like to congratulate
and salute the participants of the B`nai Mitzvah Volunteer
Training Program on becoming Bar and Bat Mitzvahs:

Alex Kavner
Jacklyn Smith
Stefanie Sternfeld
Ian Zaback

Togal-Itenberg

continue to' drina
community and tri*

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teven and Bonnie Growe of Chandler,
Ariz., and Jeffrey and Mary Lou
Togal of Memphis, Mich., announce
the engagement of their daughter Marrin
to Edwin Itenberg, son of Gregory and Mila
Itenberg of Aventura, Fla.
Ms. Togal earned her degree at Michigan
State University. She is employed as a tax
analyst at TD Securities (USA) LLC in
Manhattan, N.Y.
Dr. Itenberg earned his degree at Penn
State University in Philadelphia and is a
third-year surgical resident at St. Vincent's
Catholic Medical Center in Manhattan.
An August wedding is planned at the Dearborn Inn.

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e contact Tzvi at 748-788-7878 ext.210 or
@friendshipcircle.org .

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