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Ask the Orthodontist

tt Is possible to estimate If your child will need braces in the future by certain
aspects of there developing teeth. For example, when all the baby teeth (also known
as deciduous or primary teeth) have erupted, if there Is crowding or not excess
space between The teeth, there is likelihood that orthodontics will be needed. The
permanent teeth take up more space than the baby ones they replace so even If the
baby teeth look perfect in ideal alignment, there Is probably going to be crowding.

Henry Shifman (Avi
Hershal) will become
a bar mitzvah on
Friday, May 30, at
Temple Shir Shalom
in West Bloomfield.
He is the son of
Dina and Jeffrey and
Shifman
younger brother of
Marlee. Grandparents
are Phyllis and Gibby Schwartz, Joan
and the late William Shifman.
Henry is a student at Warner Middle
School in Farmington Hills. His mitz-
vah project was volunteering at the
Humane Society, which he plans to
continue.

Hunter Daniel
Strager, son of
Diane and Robert
Strager and brother
of Samantha and
Ryan, will read from
the Torah as he cel-
ebrates his bar mitz-
Strager
vah at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield
Saturday, May 31. His grandparents
are Virginia and Dilliard Ross, Adele
Strager and the late Norman Strager.
Hunter attends Derby Middle School
in Birmingham. He raised funds for
the Jewish Braille Institute, located in
New York, and felt this was a meaning-
ful mitzvah project.

Sucher

Erik Jordan Sucher,
son of Dr. Linda
Sucher and David
Sucher, will read
from the Torah as
he celebrates his
bar mitzvah during
Havdalah services at
Temple Israel in West

Bloomfield on Saturday, May 31. He is
the brother of Adam and Allie. He is
the grandson of Sheldon Sucher and
the late Peggy Sucher, the late Pearl
and the late Dr. Joseph Seltzer.
Erik is a student at Warner Middle
School in Farmington Hills. He felt his
most meaningful mitzvah project was
donating funds to Comfort Bears for
Kids.

Samantha Hannah
Vine will read
from the Torah on
Saturday, May 31,
at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield as
she celebrates her bat
mitzvah with her par-
Vine
ents, Amy and Allen
Vine, and brother
Evan. Also sharing in the simchah
will be her very proud grandparents
Barbara and Michael Hechtman and
Judy and George Vine. She is also the
grandchild of the late Barbara Vine.
Her great-grandparents are Ruth and
Chuck Rader and Mollye Hechtman.
She is also the great-grandchild of the
late Louis Hechtman, the late Esther
and the late Leo Silver, the late Rose
and the late Harry Share.
Attending Orchard Lake Middle
School in West Bloomfield, Samantha
participated with both her school and
temple's teams for Relay for Life. She
felt this was her most meaningful
mitzvah project.

To best guess if your child has enough room in the posterior or bock of the mouth,
you can measure from the front of the lower 1st molar, which erupts Into the mouth
around age 6, to the back of the lateral incisor which is the 2nd tooth from the
mIdline. If the measurement is less than 22 millimeters, then you can guess there
will not be enough room for the future permanent teeth.

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 Up.,
2300 Haggerty Rd.,
Suite 1160,
248-926-4100.

To determine if the palate or roof of the mouth Is wide enough, the measurement
you want to see between the right and left 1st permanent molars is 38 millimeters,
or the length of a dental cotton roil. This dimension is fairly consistent from age
10 to late adolescence.

Lastly, if you child can fit their little finger In between the upper and lower front teeth
when the mouth is closed, then you may have a future problem with overlap. Also
if you do not see at least 50% of the lower teeth when the teeth are closed together,
there may be a problem with a deep over-bite.

All these are best evaluated by an orthodontist who can best determine growth
direction and when to intervene.

if you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Hersh at the
newest state-of-ihe-art orthodontic facility In West Bloornfleid/Commerce Township
at 248-9264100.

248-926-4100

hershorthodontics.com

More B'nai Mitzvah
• Temple Beth El — Connor Shane
Rittman, son of Deborah and Jon
Rittman (Saturday).
• Temple Kol Ami — adult bat mitz-
vah of Melanie Nathan (Saturday).

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Township will celebrate their 50th
wedding anniversary June 8. They
will celebrate in Las Vegas with their chil-
dren, Darrell and Elyse Silber, Lezlie and
Robert Mostyn, Dr. Bradley and Michelle
Silber and Steven Silber. Their loving grand-
children are Lindsay, Jessica, Jaimee and
Alexis Silber, Brandon, Ethan and Shayla
Rose Mostyn.

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