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One out of three boys and one out of four girls will experience a dental injury by the time
they finish high school.
An Illinois hospital study says that almost 10% of all dental injuries are sports related. In
collision sports, such as football, hockey and boxing, the risk of injury is obvious. Athletes
who participate in these sports are required to wear protective gear. However in contact
sports such as basketball, baseball, softball, wrestling, soccer and volleyball, protective
mouth gear is not mandatory and there appears to be little awareness of the risks of dental
injury.
April 17
Garon and Erica (Rubin) Oseff of Las Vegas, Nev., are
delighted to announce the birth of their son, Carson
Mack (Sagiv Mazel) Oseff. Proud grandparents are
Patricia and Harold Oseff of West Bloomfield, and
Mindy and James Rubin of Prescott, Ariz.
Oseff
Matthew Aidan
Averbuch will cele-
brate his bar mitzvah
on Saturday, May 16,
at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield. He is the
son of Connie and
Averbuch
Jeffrey Averbuch and
brother of Joshua
Averbuch. Sharing in
this joyous occasion will be grandpar-
ents Richard and Zona Ribiat, and
Lynn Ribiat. He is also the grandson of
Fred Averbuch and the late Deanna
Averbuch.
Matthew attends Orchard Lake
Middle School in West Bloomfield. His
most meaningful mitzvah project was
volunteering at Meals on Wheels in
memory of his late grandmother.
Parker Adam Bass
will celebrate his bar
mitzvah as he is
called to the bimah
on Saturday, May 16,
at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield. He
is the son of Amy
Bass
Spilman and Brian
Bass and brother of
Brooke. Sharing in
this special occasion will be his proud
grandparents Fran and Gil Spilman,
and Elaine and Stan Bass.
Parker is a student at West Hills
Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. As
part of his mitzvah project, he volun-
teered at Yad Ezra in Berkley to help
combat hunger in our community;
he found this to be a very rewarding
experience.
Blum
Rebecca Claire
Blum had her bat
mitzvah on Saturday,
May 9, at the
Birmingham Temple
in Farmington Hills.
Sharing in this special
occasion were her
parents, Stephanie
and Steve Blum, and
her brother Ryan Blum. Proud grand-
parents are Rosie and Jon Blum of
Farmington Hills, and Lynn and Barry
Cooper of Dallas, Texas.
Rebecca attends Cranbrook
Kingswood Girls Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills. Her mitzvah project
included volunteering with PeerCorps
at the Mt. Elliot Makerspace in Detroit.
Sydnie Hannah
Burnstein, daughter
of Susan and
Matthew Burnstein,
will read from the
Torah as she cele-
brates her bat mitz-
vah at Temple Israel
Burnstein
in West Bloomfield
on Saturday, May 16.
She will be joined in
celebration by her sister Samantha.
Sydnie is the grandchild of Agnes and
Thomas Lugosi, Belrose Burnstein and
the late Burton Burnstein.
Sydnie attends Abbott Middle
School in West Bloomfield. She found
her most meaningful mitzvah experi-
ence to be volunteering weekly at the
Friendship Circle in West Bloomfield.
Torin Legend
Caplan will lead the
congregation in
prayer on the occa-
sion of his bar mitz-
vah on Friday, May
15, at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield.
Caplan
He is the loving son
of Cheryl and
Matthew Caplan.
Sharing in his celebration will be his
proud grandparents Margie and
Robert Mellen, and Gail and David
Caplan.
Torin is a student at Clifford
Smart Middle School in Commerce
Township. Among his many mitzvah
experiences, he found participating in
the Walk for MS Fundraiser to be the
most rewarding.
Almost 12 percent of male athletes between ages 12 and 18 reported oral injuries. 32%
of those were associated with football, 21 1/2 % with basketball, 18 1/2 % with baseball. In
a survey of 1,020 Florida high-school varsity basketball players, 33% reported sustaining at
least one oral-facial injury during a season. Of all basketball injuries, 34% were oral-facial.
Dr. Nelson Hersh
Dr. Marsha Beattie
Dr. Amy Isenberg
Using mouthguards reduces injuries. Before mandatory oral-facial protection in football
(1962) 50 % of all injuries in football were oral-facial. After required use of protection, only
3% of football injuries were oral-facial. It is estimated that more than 200,000 oral-facial
injuries are prevented each year because of mandatory wear in football. Properly fitted
mouthguards reduce the rate of dental and jaw injuries during sports.
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Volunteer use of mouthguards in sports is rare and shows no signs of improving. 95%
of coaches said they believe mouthguards prevent oral injuries, but only 16% required
mouthguard use in sports other than football. Mouthguards help prevent injuries and
should be used by all athletes that are in contact sports without exception, including those
wearing braces.
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