At what age should orthodontic treatment begin?
Ask the Orthodontist
Although orthodontic treatment can be done at any age it is best carried out in young
children 8-15 years of age. During this age it is possible for the orthodontist to foresee
any orthodontic problems that are likely to occur and can take preventive measures. This
is called preventive orthodontics. It is also possible to intercept disorders of the bite at an
early stage so that it does not mature to a big dental problem. This is called interceptive
Henry Jacob
Clayton (Feivel
Yaakov) of West
Bloomfield will
become a bar mitz-
vah at Adat Shalom
Synagogue in
Farmington Hills on
Saturday, Sept. 5. He
is the son of Lisa and
Bruce Clayton. Proud grandparents
are Shereen Kruger, Ernest Friedman,
Shirlee Clayton. He is also the grand-
son of the late Gerald Clayton and the
late Helaine Clayton.
Henry attends Clifford Smart
Middle School in Walled Lake. A
favorite mitzvah project was working at
the Hospitality House, a food pantry in
Walled Lake, assisting families with food
selections and filling orders.
Devin Reed Ellis
and Jeremy Michael
Ellis, sons of Carol
and Richard Ellis, will
be called to the Torah
as b'nai mitzvah
Saturday, Sept. 5, at
Temple Shir Shalom
Devin Ellis
in West Bloomfield.
Proud grandparents
are Ruth Newman
and Norman
Newman, and Gloria
and Robert Ellis.
Devin and Jeremy
attend Berkshire
Middle School in
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Birmingham. For
their mitzvah proj-
ects, they volunteered at Yad Ezra in
Berkley and raised money for pediat-
ric cancer research.
Patrick Jacob Langan, son of Randi
and Patrick Langan, will celebrate
his bar mitzvah Saturday, Sept. 5, at
Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. He
is the brother of Nicole and Gabrielle.
Sharing in the sim-
chah will be his
proud grandparents
Shelly and Howard
Jacobs and Ruth and
Torn Langan and
his thrilled great-
grandmothers Sylvia
Langan
Swarin and Catherine
Langan. He is also
the great-grandchild of the late Phillip
Swarin, the late Rose and the late Harry
Jacobs, and the late Beatrice Ryan.
Patrick attends Walnut Creek
Middle School in Walled Lake. He felt
volunteering at West Bloomfield-based
Friendship Circle was the most mean-
ingful of his mitzvah projects.
orthodontics.
The jaws are actively growing by 8-10 years of age and therefore are the ideal time
to mold the jaws. The permanent teeth start erupting by 6-7 years of age and usually
complete erupting by 11-14 years (all except the wisdom teeth). This would therefore be
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the ideal time to start treatment. At an early age the braces are more comfortable and the
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to mold the jaws and to move the teeth.
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awkward positions, may not be able to erupt at all, or affect good teeth adversely. This is
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a reason why the orthodontic association recommends an exam by age 8-10.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dr.
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Eric Litman will be
called to the Torah
as a bar mitzvah
on Saturday, Sept.
5, at Congregation
B'nai Moshe in West
Bloomfield. He is the
son of Sherri and
Litman
Michael Litman and
the brother of Daniel.
Proud grandparents are Ilene and
Leonard Wolf, Shoshana Litman and
Mordochai Litman.
Eric is an eighth-grade student
at Orchard Lake Middle School in
West Bloomfield. He finds spending
quality time with the residents at the
Fleischman Residence-Blumberg Plaza
in West Bloomfield to be his favorite
mitzvah project.
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