Ask the Orthodontist

When to Remove Baby Teeth
Baby teeth also known as primary teeth or deciduous teeth, serve an
important purpose. In addition to their functional purpose they serve as
nature's space maintainers for future permanent teeth.

As a general rule, when a permanent tooth is beginning to erupt, the baby
tooth it replaces should either, fall out, be wiggled out or removed by the
dentist. Otherwise the baby tooth may deflect the permanent tooth into the
incorrect position. If removing a baby tooth will encourage the permanent
tooth to erupt in the ideal position, then it is time for removal.

Arielle Rachel
Dubrinsky
(Nechama Rachel)
will be called to the
Torah as a bat mitz-
vah Saturday, April
2, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek
Dubrinksy
in Southfield. She
is the daughter
of Jay and Karen
Dubrinsky of Huntington Woods
and the sister of Max. Proud grand-
parents are Chuck and Marge
Anderson, Marvin and Adele
Dubrinsky, and Marilyn Dubrinsky.
She is also the great-granddaughter
of Belle Dubrinsky and the late
Samuel Dubrinsky, the late Ed and
the late Anne Fienman, the late
Walter and the late Janie Anderson,
and the late Frank and the late
Marjorie Krainz.
Ari is a seventh-grader at Norup
International School in Oak Park. She
is donating equipment and games
to the Chess Club at Norup and the
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries.

Sophie Starr
Formanek (Aleeza
Leelit), daughter
of Jill and Mike
Formanek of West
Bloomfield, will be
called to the Torah
as a bat mitzvah on
Saturday, April 2,
Formanek
at Temple Kol Ami
in West Bloomfield.
Proud sisters Skye,
Lilly and Lexie, along with beam-
ing grandparents Sandra Rossin
and Marilyn and Dick Formanek of
Osage Iowa, will also take part in the
service. Sophie also is granddaugh-
ter of the late Dr. Herbert Rossin.
Sophie is a seventh-grader at
West Hills Middle School in West
Bloomfield. Her most meaningful
mitzvah project was volunteering
at the Fleishman Center in West
Bloomfield.

Jonathan Samuel Folbe Grey
will be called to the Torah as a bar
mitzvah on Saturday, April 2, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield. He is the son of Drs.
Ellen Folbe and David Grey and
brother of Eli, Erin and Ethan. Also
sharing in this special occasion will

be his grandparents
Cindy and Mickey
Grey and Rita Folbe.
Jonathan is also the
grandson of the late
Dr. Elliott Folbe.
Jonathan is a
seventh-grade
Grey
student at Hillel
Day School of
Metropolitan Detroit
in Farmington Hills. He started a
Bikes-for-Tikes program, where gen-
tly used bicycles were donated and
resold for charity. All proceeds were
donated to Thyroid Cancer Research
in memory of his grandfather.

Emma Jay
Kellman, daughter
of Beth Robinson
and Edward
Kellman, will
celebrate her bat
mitzvah at Temple
Israel in West
Bloomfield Saturday,
Kellman
April 2. She is the
sister of Ruby and
her proud grandpar-
ents are Barbara Robinson, Sandra
and Eli Kurtz. Her late grandfathers
were Jay Robinson and Milton
Kellman.
Emma is a student at Orchard
Lake Middle School in West
Bloomfield. Her most meaningful
mitzvah project was volunteering at
OATS, a riding therapy stable.

Benjamin Miler
Levin will be
called to the Torah
as a bar mitzvah
at Congregation
T'chiyah in Oak
Park. He is the son
of Andy Levin and
Mary Freeman,
Levin
brother of Koby,
Saul and Molly and
grandson of Congressman Sander
Levin of Royal Oak and the late
Vicki Levin and Bob and Molly
Freeman of Chevy Chase, Md.
Ben is a seventh-grader at
Berkshire Middle School in Beverly
Hills. For his tikkun olam project,
he will use his Spanish skills at the
Sugar Law Center to help immigrant
workers.

B'nai Mitzvah on page 62

The orthodontist or dentist should also be keeping an eye out for asymmetry,
meaning that if one baby tooth is gone and the corresponding baby tooth on
the other side is not, it may allow teeth to begin shifting and cause mid-line
deviations.

Licensed Specialists
for Children
& Adults

West Bloomfield
Commerce Township
248.926.4100

Waterford
248-673-4100

If permanent front teeth do not have enough room to erupt properly, it is
often advisable to remove certain of the baby teeth in sequence. Some
advantages of this are to minimize severe crowding and rotations of teeth,
reduce chances of decay etc., but the taking out of baby teeth does not
permanently solve the problem. As far as dental space is concerned,
extracting now sometimes is "robbing Peter to pay Paul, - but it can be one of
the kindest procedures we have found for guiding the permanent teeth into
more normal relationship.

The orthodontist becomes involved because a master plan must be
established. If the baby teeth do not allow for enough room for the future
permanent teeth, then it must be decided whether more space can be made
to accommodate the teeth, (such as an expander) unless this jeopardizes th
stability of the dentition.
‘_=)-7

Our state-of-the-art orthodontic facility is located in
West BloomfielcVCommerce Township. 2300 Haggerty Road, Suite 1160
248-9264100. We are also pleased to announce a 2nd location in
Waterford (at the comer of Crescent Lake Road and M-59)
5133 Highland Road, 248-673-41

248-926-4100

www.hershbeattieortho.com

Got Gold? We buy at fop prices.

248-851-5030
6881 Orchard Lake Rd. on The Boardwalk

March 31 • 2011

61