Ask the Orthodontist

Ask the Orthodontist

What should we expect with a Palate Expander?

A palate expander is an appliance that fits near the roof of the mouth (palate).
it widens the palate to improve The way the upper and lower jaws fit together
(your bite) and can make more room to fit into alignment crowded teeth.
Orthodontists, when kids are growing and teeth are erupting, (or soon to
, erupt), may decide, as opposed to having crowding or a need to extract teeth
in the future, to make more room with a palate expander.

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Eliana Ginis of
Farmington Hills
will become a bat
mitzvah at Adat
Shalom Synagogue
in Farmington Hills
on Saturday, Oct.
31. Many family
Ginis
members and friends
will be participat-
ing in the ceremony, including parents
Dan and Sheri and sister Abbie. Proud
grandparents are Minnette Diamond
of Cupertino, Calif., and Annie and Ron
Lowy of West Bloomfield.
Eliana is a student at Hillel Day School
of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington
Hills. Her mitzvah projects include rais-
ing money for Educational Support for
Girls in Ethiopia, which helps young
women improve their lives and circum-
stances.

Jennifer Bess
Guttman was called
to the Torah as a bat
mitzvah on Saturday,
Oct. 24, at Adat
Shalom Synagogue
in Farmington Hills.
She is the daughter of
Guttman
Jay and Barbara and
the younger sister of
Eric and Amanda. Jennifer is the grand-
daughter of Saba Holcman and Marian
and the late Howard Guttman.
Jennifer attends Novi Middle School.
Of her many mitzvah projects, the most
enjoyable was the Friendship Circle
in West Bloomfield because she could
interact with the kids.

Jaden Brett King, son of Loren King
and Eric King, will read from the
Torah as he celebrates his bar mitzvah
at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield
Saturday, Oct. 31. He is the brother

of Blake and Sean.
Sharing in the sim-
chah will be his proud
grandparents Peg
Stacey and Marcia
King. He is also the
grandchild of the late
Isadore King.
King
Jaden attends
Warner Middle School
in Farmington Hills. The mitzvah project
that was most meaningful to him was
packing backpacks for military children
with Operation Home Front.

Dr. Nelson Hersh
and
Dr. Marsha Beattie

Licensed Specialists
for Children
& Adults

West Bloomfield
Commerce Township
248.926.4100

Expanders may be removable or fixed. The vast majority of orthodontist
specialists use fixed or non-removable due to their greater efficiency,
predictability and inability to get lost, misplaced or not worn. Your expander
may take a few days to get used to. Chewing, swallowing, and talking may
seem awkward. Your mouth or nose may even feel tingly, or may have a
slight headache. Over-the-counter pain relievers can help you feel better at the
beginning. You will wear your expander for about 3 to 6 months.

In about a week or so, you may see gaps between your front teeth. That's a
sign the expander is working. These gaps may not form or they may close on
their own. After the expander has stopped being turned the gaps may close
and this is not a sign that expansion has been lost. The teeth have elastic
fibers between them that sometimes move the teeth back together at different
rates.

Most expanders need to be activated 1 or 2 times a day at first. You do this
with a metal key. This may be tricky the first few times you try. But soon
you'll get the hang of it.

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.

Jade Marx

Chase Marx

248-926-4100

Jade Olivia Marx and Chase Ryan
Marx will celebrate their b'nai mitz-
vah as they lead the congregation at
Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on
Friday, Oct. 30. Their parents are Jill
Sherman-Marx and Joshua Charlip,
Darrell Marx and Jill Mayers-Marx.
They are the siblings of Landon
and Isaac and the grandchildren
of Barbara and Sheldon Sherman,
Eleanor Marx and the late Irving
Marx. Their proud great-grandfather
is Herman Spinner.
Jade and Chase attend Warner
Middle School in Farmington Hills.
Helping children with special needs
at West Bloomfield-based Friendship
Circle was Jade's most meaningful
mitzvah project, while Chase volun-
teered at the Miracle League and felt
that was very meaningful.

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aye Schwartz of West Bloomfield
will celebrate her birthday at a
family dinner in her honor. Her
children are Rae Jean and Sandy Lichterman
of the Villages, Fla., and Natalie and Sidney
Blatnikoff of West Bloomfield. "Grandma
Faye" has four grandchildren, nine great-
grandchildren, and four great-great-grand-
children.

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