How to care for your braces - Part 3

Ask the Orthodontist

Besides brushing, flossing is hard but is mandatory. You can get floss threaders, but
if you can slip the floss under the wire pretty easily that is fine. Just as long as you
can floss between each tooth every day. Also it should be realized that when under an
orthodontist's care, the patient should still return to the dentist for routine cleanings and
maintenance.

Joel Aaron Sandler,
son of Stacey and Dr.
Brian Sandler and
brother of Erica and
Max, will celebrate
his bar mitzvah as he
reads from the Torah
at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield
Friday, Feb. 6. His
proud grandparents
are Shirley and Dr. Jerold Shagrin and
Linda and Dr. Larry Sandler.
Joel attends Berkshire Middle
School in Birmingham. His most
meaningful mitzvah project was rais-
ing funds for the Animal Haven.

Hannah Thirman
of Wilmette, Ill., was
it called to the Torah
as a bat mitzvah in
Jerusalem, Israel,
on Dec. 28, 2008.
Celebrating with her
11,
were her parents,
Thirman
Karen and Michael,
her brothers
Jonathan and Daniel,
her grandparents Magdalene and
Marcel Thirman of West Bloomfield,
and Phyllis and Robert Steiner of
Glenview, Il.
Hannah is a student at Solomon
Schechter in Northbrook, Ill.

Eliana Lynn Small
will celebrate her
bat mitzvah as she is
called to the bimah
at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield
on Saturday, Feb. 7.
Her
proud parents
Small
are Kelly and Brian
Small. She is the sis-
ter of Jared and the
grandchild of Leanne and Dr. Richard
Small, Terry and Carlo D'Angelo and
Julie and William Kenifeck. Her very
proud great-grandmother is Patricia
McMaken.
Eliana is a student at O.E. Dunckel
Middle School in Farmington Hills.
She felt her most meaningful mitzvah
project was her involvement with ani-
mal rescue groups.

Eli Benjamin Winer
will be called to the
Torah as a bar mitz-
vah on Saturday, Feb.
7, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek
West Bloomfield,
B'nai Israel Center.
Winer
He is the son of
Nancy and Eric
Winer and brother of
Rachel and Molly. His proud grandpar-
ents are Phylis and Irving Wiener and
Toby and Bob Rivkin. He is also the
grandchild of the late Kathy Wiener
and the late Rae Rivkin.
Eli attends Birmingham Covington
School in Bloomfield Hills. For his
mitzvah project, he is collecting used
electronic equipment as a fundraiser
and donating the money raised to
Alyn Hospital in Israel.

and
Dr. Marsha Beattie

Licensed Specialists
for Children
& Adults

West Bloomfield
Commerce Township
248.926.4100

If you have a retainer, bitepiate, or another removable appliance scrub them with
toothpaste to clean them each day. You can use baking soda too, or an effervescent
denture cleaner. With the removable appliances, a common problem is breakage or loss.
Common mistakes are to wrap the appliance or retainer in a napkin as this 'hides" the
appliance so it commonly gets thrown away. Also storing the appliance in your pocket
without placing it in its case can result in the plastic or acrylic experiencing unnecessary
force, and then it can break easily or have wires distort. This can cause teeth to move.
As silly as it may seem, if a pet is in the house, always keep or temporarily store the
appliance out of reach of the pet. Dogs especially love the scent of their family or food,
and can make a snack out of your appliance.

Misplacing an appliance In its case in a public place such as a school can cause
permanent loss. A simple solution to assist in return of the appliance is to put your name
and phone number with a permanent marker on the case. Many people participate in
contact sports when retainers, etc. are not worn and with today's busy schedules, it is
sometimes hard to trace where the appliance may have been lost.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dr.
Hersh or Dr. Beattie at the newest state of the art orthodontic facility in
West Bloomfield/Commerce Township at (248) 926-4100.

248-926-4100

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Michael B. Gellis, M.D.

Certified Mohel
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•Use of local anesthesia
•24/7 follow up care
• 32 years of cosmetic & reconstructive
surgery experience
•Appointments/scheduling call 248.642.4846

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obi Hollander and Joshua Meisler
were married recently at the
Marriott Hotel at Laurel Park in
Livonia. Parents of the bride and groom are
Leo and Harriett Hollander of Farmington
Hills and Drs. Richard and Miriam Meisler
of Ann Arbor. Rabbi Robert Levy from
Temple Beth Emeth in Ann Arbor officiated.
Members of the wedding party included
best man, Daniel Meisler, brother of the
groom; maid of honor, Rachel Hollander,
niece of the bride. Attendants were Julia
Cohen, cousin of the groom, Matthew, Ari,
Darren and Kadie Hollander, nieces and
nephews of the bride.
Tobi and Josh reside in Ann Arbor.

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