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GETTING THE FACTS STRAIGHT
As members of the American Association of Orthodontists, Drs. Hersh and Beattie
value the Importance of professional ethics and promoting honest information to
our local communities. Here, we set the record straight on some common myths
about orthodontics.
MYTH: Braces are just for kids.
FACT: Approximately 20% of our patients are adults. We offer numerous
alternatives that are esthetically pleasing.
MYTH: My family dentist is also an orthodontist.
FACT: An orthodontist has 2-3 years of specialized training beyond dental
school. A dentist may treat some cases but does not have the formal
recognized training. M orthodontist 2rily practices orthodontics and treats
hundreds of patients insuring proper form, function and beauty.
tunate to meet his late great-grandfather
Bernard Lederman and great-great-aunt
Leona Sperber.
Dean attends Walnut Creek Middle
School in Walled Lake. He partici-
pated in the volunteer training at the
Friendship Circle in West Bloomfield.
Maxwell Elkiss
Noa Madison Elkiss and Maxwell
Spencer Elkiss, children of Davee
Elkiss, will share the bimah at Temple
Israel in West Bloomfield on Friday,
June 12, as they celebrate their b'nai
mitzvah. They are the grandchildren
of Audrey Elkiss and the late Stanley
Elkiss. Sharing in the simchah will be
their great-grandmother Sylvia Markel.
Both Noa and Maxwell are students
at Walnut Creek Middle School in
Walled Lake. Noa felt volunteering at
Friendship Circle in West Bloomfield
was the most rewarding of the many
mitzvah projects she did. Maxwell felt
growing his hair and then donating 11
inches of it to Locks of Love was most
meaningful for him.
Elizabeth Goldstrom
(Tsporah) of
Springfield, Va.,
became a bat mitzvah
at Congregation Adat
Reyn in Springfield
on Saturday, May 9.
She is the daughter
Goldstrom
of Marc and Caroline
Goldstrom and
sister of Jonathan. Her proud and lov-
ing grandparents are Iris and Glen
Goldstrom formerly of Oak Park of Fort
Wayne, Ind., and Audrey and Arthur
Nachbar of Springfield, Va.
Elizabeth is a student at Washington
Irving Middle School in Springfield. For
her mitzvah project, she enjoys making
blankets for rescue dogs.
Dean Gabriel Hamer
will be called to
the Torah as a bar
mitzvah on Monday,
June15, at the Shul in
West Bloomfield. He
is the son of Robyn
Lederman and Shlomi
Hamer
Hamer and the brother
of Eli Gideon and Noa
Pearl. Big brothers and sisters Zohar,
Hila, Gil and Omrit will be here from Los
Angeles and Israel to celebrate this spe-
cial occasion with him. Also sharing in
the simchah will be proud grandparents
Dr. Robert and Rochelle Lederman. Dean
is also the grandchild of the late Zalman
and the late Chaya Hamer and was for-
Daniel Ronald
Shulman, son of
Lana and Dr. Naum
Shulman, will read
from the Torah on
the occasion of
his bar mitzvah
Saturday, June 13,
Shulman
at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield. His
proud grandparents are Rose and Isaak
Shulman and Rimma Feygin. He is also
the grandchild of the late Mark Feygin.
Daniel attends Dunckel Middle School
in Farmington Hills. Volunteering at Yad
Ezra in Berkley was the mitzvah project
he felt to be most meaningful.
MYTH: Orthodontists charge more than general dentists for orthodontic treatment.
FACT: This is not necessarily true; there are dentists charging more
and some charge less. It's not the same work - the value in seeing an
orthodontist for treatment is that he/she is an expert.
Licensed Specialists
for Children
& Adults
West Bloomfield
Commerce Township
248.926.4100
MYTH: Braces can receive radio, Internet, and satellite signals. Patients with braces
will set off security detectors.
FACT: Just not true - but sure does sound interesting!
MYTH: Any dentist may join the American Association of Orthodontists.
FACT: Only orthodontists may become members of the American
Association of Orthodontists. Visit them at: wwwbraces.org
Drs. Hersh and Beattie invite you to become a member of our orthodontic
family. Our office is located on the border of West Bloomfield/Commerce Township
at 2300 Haggerty Rd., Suite 1160, 248-926-4100.
248-926-4100
Carly Rachel Taub
will be called to the
Torah as a bat mitz-
vah on Saturday, June
13, at Temple Beth
El in Bloomfield
Township. She is the
daughter of Rene
Taub
and Jeffrey Taub and
the sister of Ella and
Sara. Sharing in the simchah will be
grandparents Vera and Barry Pearl
and Paula and Harold Taub.
Carly is a seventh-grade student at
Derby Middle School in Birmingham.
For her mitzvah project, she has been a
madricha (teacher's aide) in the Temple
Beth El kindergarten each Sunday.
Rayna Brooke
Tobin celebrated her
bat mitzvah as she
read from the Torah
on Saturday, June
6, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue in
Farmington Hills. She
Tobin
is the daughter of Jodi
and Keith Tobin and
the sister of Ethan. Sharing in the cel-
ebration were her grandparents Rhoda
and Marshall Tobin and Arline Bittker.
She is also the granddaughter of the
late David Bittker.
Rayna is a seventh-grade student
at Walnut Creek Middle School in
Walled Lake. Among her various
mitzvah projects, she felt volunteering
at West Bloomfield-based Friendship
Circle was the most meaningful.
MYTH: Braces are painful and take two years or more.
FACT: Modem technology and low forces allow orthodontic care to be very
comfortable. Some may be worn for months, not years.
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