Ask the Orthodontist What questions should I ask the orthodontist at the consultation? First ask the orthodontist about the technique he/she uses and his/her general treatment philosophy. Some orthodontists try to make the treatment as short and comfortable as possible. Others use less expensive materials and products. Ask the orthodontist about the materials used. Some orthodontists take brackets out of one patient's mouth and recycle them into another patient's mouth. The safety and reliability of this procedure is still unclear. Ask the orthodontist about their treatment philosophy. You will need to decide whether the orthodontist's treatment philosophy is right for your children. Ask the Orthodontist Lior Moshe Kolton will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, May 25, at Congregation Shir Tikvah in Troy. His parents are Rabbi Tamara and Isaac Kolton Kolton; his sister is Maya. Lior is the grandson of Anita Green, Jerome Feldstein, Linda Rodgers, and Malka and Kalman Kolton. Lior attends the Roeper School in Bloomfield Hills. He is volunteering to help disabled children play baseball. Lauren Ilana Levitt, daughter of Tracy and Dr. Jeffrey Levitt and sister of Adam, will lead the congregation at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Saturday, May 25, as Levitt she reads from the Torah in celebration of her bat mitzvah. She is the grandchild of Rita Levitt and the late Howard Levitt, Judith Geyer and the late Herbert Geyer. Lauren attends Walnut Creek Middle School in Walled Lake. She performed several mitzvah projects but felt volun- teering at Yad Ezra in Berkley was the most meaningful one. Natalie Sarah Rosenblatt of Huntington Woods will become a bat mitzvah at Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield on Saturday, May 25. She Rosenblatt is the daughter of Debbie and Marc Rosenblatt and the older sister of Ben. Sharing in her mitzvah will be her grandparents Judi and Bernie Minden of Franklin, and Ethel and Gary Rosenblatt of West Bloomfield. Natalie is a seventh-grade student at Norup International School in Oak Park. Her mitzvah project centers around rais- ing money and generating awareness for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Ellie Sara Soverinsky will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, May 25, at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills. Her proud parents are Mark and Lisa Soverinsky Soverinsky. She is the sister of Rebecca and Mara. Her grandparents are Louis and Sally Soverinsky, the late Marilyn Soverinsky, and Howard and Karen Rosenbaum of Toledo, Ohio. Ellie is in seventh grade at Orchard Lake Middle School in West Bloomfield. Her mitzvah projects included volun- teering for various youth programs at Adat Shalom. Talia Jae Stern, together with her par- ents, Lisa and Scott Stern, will celebrate her bat mitzvah dur- ing Havdalah services Saturday, May 25, at Temple Israel in Stern West Bloomfield. Her sister Carly and broth- er Jonah and grandparents Judy and Richard Mintz, and Sherrie and Norton Stern will share in the simchah. Talia attends Berkshire Middle School in Birmingham. She enjoyed volunteer- ing at Jewish Family Service to provide holiday gifts for families in need. Generally, the best orthodontists will offer braces with a variety of colors to suit your child's taste. All of these options will make the orthodontic treatment much less stressful for your children and much easier on you. Dr. Nelson Hersh Dr. Marsha Beattie Dr. Amy Isenberg Licensed Specialists for Children & Adults West Bloomfield Commerce Township 248.926.4100 Waterford 248-673-4100 Ask the orthodontist about the type of brackets they plan to use. The orthodontist's choice of bracket influences how long your child's treatment will take, and how comfortable your child will be during treatment. The orthodontist may have some latitude to choose one of several different bracket designs. If so, you may have some input into which bracket your orthodontist chooses. One key choice is whether to use a low profile or a high profile bracket. Generally, low profile brackets are less irritating to your children's lip than high profile brackets, but they are newer, and some orthodontists never learned how to use them. Ask the orthodontist about their sterilization procedures. Make sure they use an autoclave on all of their instruments. No one can tell you what is right for your child, without looking at your case. However, as a parent, you need to be comfortable with the orthodontist's choice and whether the choice is right for your child. For more information you may call either of our offices located in West Bloomfield/Commerce Township (248) 926-4100 and our newest 2nd location in Waterford at M-59 and Crescent Lake Road (248) 673-4100 Rachel Wolf of Richland, Mich., will become a bat mitzvah Saturday, May 25, at the Congregation of Moses in Kalamazoo. Participating will be Wolf her parents, Darlene and Richard Wolf, brother Joshua and proud grandmother Eleanor Wolf of Pontiac, Ill. Rachel is the granddaughter of the late Helen and the late Irving Biel, and the late George Wolf. Rachel is a student at Gull Lake Middle School in Richland. Her mitzvah project was volunteering at the Make-A- Wish Foundation. 248-926-4100 www.hershbeattieortho.com PERFECTLY FASHIONABLE PERFECTLY GIFTABLE PERFECTLY PRINTABLE... Olivia (Yael) Wurgaft of Millburn, N.J., will become a bat mitz- vah at Congregation B'nai Israel on Saturday, May 25. Sharing in her spe- Wurgaft cial day will be her parents, Hernan Wurgaft and Isabel Goldfaden; her sis- ter, Gabriela Wurgaft; proud grandpar- ents Sarah Goldfaden of Bloomfield Hills, Liliana Kirberg and Jose Wurgaft of Santiago, Chile; and family and friends from around the world. Olivia is also the granddaughter of the late Louis Goldfaden. Olivia is a student at Millburn Middle School. 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