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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
' I - 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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., 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.
Hein-Shuback
A
ndrea Shuback and David
Hein of St. Louis Park, Minn.,
were recently married at
the Minneapolis Hilton. Rabbi Joseph
Ozarowski of Congregation Darchei Noam
in St. Louis Park officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Mindy
and Fred Shuback of West Bloomfield.
The groom is the son of James and Renee
Hannay of Shawano, Wis., and Dave Hein
of Appleton, Wis.
Bridesmaids were Marissa Kaplow, Adva
Gadoth and Rachel Wolfson. Groomsmen
were Logan Bender, Whitney Noble, Joram
Slager and Jeremy Shuback. Daphne and Raphaella Slager were flower girls.
The couple are planning a March honeymoon in Italy.
Licensed Specialists
for Children
& Adults
West Bloomfield
Commerce Township
248.926.4100
Waterford
248-673-4100
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.
Our state-of-the-art orthodontic facility is located in
West Bloomfield/Commerce Township. 2300 Haggerty Road, Suite 1160
248-9264100. We are also pleased to announce a 2nd location in
Waterford (at the corner of Crescent Lake Road and M-59)
5133 Highland Road, 248-6734100.
Beresh-Arnkoff
uth Sugar Beresh of West
Bloomfield is delighted to
announce the engagement of
her daughter, Elizabeth Beresh, to Dr. Brett
Arnkoff, son of Terry and Marc Arnkoff of
Bloomfield Hills.
Liz graduated with honors from Michigan
State University and went on to graduate
with her J.D. from Wayne State Law School.
She is employed by LexisNexis, teaching
students and faculty how to do online legal
research at the University of Michigan Law
School and Wayne State Law School.
Brett graduated with honors from the
University of Michigan and went on to graduate with his M.D. from the Chicago
Medical School. He is finishing his residency in diagnostic and interventional radi-
ology at Providence Hospital and will start his fellowship at Beaumont in July.
A July wedding is planned at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.
248-926-4100
www.hershbeattieortho.com
Apple-Newman
A
llegra Beth Apple and Daniel
Aaron Newman were married
recently in Puerto Morelos,
Mexico. Cantor Irving Shulkes officiated the
ceremony at the Dreams Riviera Cancun
Resort.
Allegra, 33, is a speech/language patholo-
gist at California Pacific Medical Center in
San Francisco. She earned her bachelor's
degree from Boston University and her
master's in speech/language pathology from
California State University, East Bay. She is
the daughter of Aileen and Larry Apple of
Beachwood, Ohio.
Dan, 36, is the senior finance manager for Areva Solar, a solar thermal energy
business. He graduated from the University of Michigan and received an M.B.A.
from the University of California, Berkeley. He is the son of Linda and Jim
Newman of Farmington Hills.
The couple reside in San Mateo, Calif., and will honeymoon in Italy this spring.
248-851-5030
6881 Orchard Lake Rd. on The Boardwalk
March 17 2011
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