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Ask the Orthodontist

"Working on Retainers"

Ask the Orthodontist

While the experience of orthodontists across the country points to a permanent
improvement rate of 90 percent or greater, the long term success of treatment may be
jeopardized by failure to wear the retainers as directed. This usually removable appliance is
used to stabilize the teeth in their proper positions following treatment. Wearing a retainer
faithfully is simply the final step that patients must make in their commitment to their
treatment. Just as they vowed to refrain from eating certain foods that compromise the
health of their teeth and braces, and just as they made the effort to diligently clean their
teeth, patients must make every effort to wear retainers. Doing so should be made simpler
by the fact that the end result is in sight.

Aug. 3
Michael and Katie Stern are thrilled to announce the
birth of their daughter, Madeline (Maddy) Reese
Stern. Ecstatic grandparents are Carol Blender, Dennis
and Anita Blender, Allen and Cheryl Stern, and Gary
and Tobi Cooper.

Dr. Nelson Hersh
Dr. Marsha Beattie
Dr. Amy Isenberg

Stern

Reese Lenore Ben-
Ezra will celebrate
her bat mitzvah as
she is called to the
bimah at Temple
Israel in West
Bloomfield on Friday,
Sept. 4. She is the lov-
Ben-Ezra
ing daughter of Amy
and Steven Ben-Ezra
and sister of Koby and Chase. Sharing
in this special occasion will be proud
grandparents Shari and Stanley
Finsilver, and Leslie and David Ben-
Ezra, and great-grandparents Frances
Finsilver and Joseph Ephraim.
Reese is a student at Cranbrook-
Kingswood Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills. As part of her many
mitzvah experiences, she volunteered
for Kids Kicking Cancer, which she
found to be very meaningful.

Emily Feldman
(Eliana Tziporah)
will celebrate her bat
mitzvah Saturday,
Sept. 5, at Adat
Shalom Synagogue
in Farmington Hills.
She is the daughter
Feldman
of Julie Feldman and
Bradley Feldman,
the sister of Allison Feldman and
Robert Feldman, and the granddaugh-
ter of Millie and Morton Feldman,
Ellen and Paul Chute, and Cheryl and
Dennis Yashinsky.
Emily is an eighth-grader at Hillel
Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in
Farmington Hills. Her most meaning-
ful mitzvah project was volunteering at
the West Bloomfield-based Friendship
Circle.

Freeman

Amanda Jaclyn
Freeman will be
called to the Torah on
the occasion of her
bat mitzvah on
Saturday, Sept. 5, at
Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield.
Joining in her cele-
bration will be her

proud parents, Laurie and Robert
Freeman. Amanda is the grandchild of
Barbara and Dr. Dennis Freeman,
Marlene and the late Ronald Waronoff,
the late Jacqueline and Herbert
Zimmerman.
Amanda attends 0. E. Dunckel
Middle School in Farmington Hills. As
a part of her mitzvah experience, she
raised funds for and participated in the
Family Walk for Gllda's Club of Metro
Detroit.

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Elijah Alexander
Kaye (Eliyahu
Avram) became a bar
mitzvah at Adat
Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills on
Saturday, Aug. 29.
Joining him on the
Kaye
bimah were his par-
ents, Kimberly and
Martin Kaye, sister Leora and proud
grandparents Sylvia Bienstock, Ellen
Kaye and great-grandmother Berdie
Prime. He is also the grandchild of the
late Richard Kaye.
Elijah attends O.E. Dunckel Middle
School in Farmington Hills. His most
meaningful mitzvah project has been
his volunteer work with Safari Rescue, a
local dog rescue.

Elise Hanna Kravitz
(Ayala Chaya),
daughter of Sara and
Gary Kravitz, will cel-
ebrate becoming a
bat mitzvah on
Saturday, Sept. 5 at
Temple Kol Ami in
Kravitz
West Bloomfield.
Sharing in the sim-
chah will be her brother Evan, loving
grandparents Howard and Elinor
Bernstein, Fran and Jeffrey Kravitz, and
great-grandmother Bobbie Rosman.
She is also the great-granddaughter of
the late Jack Rosman and the late Ruth
Strauss.
Elise attends O.E. Dunckel Middle
School in Farmington Hills. For one of
her mitzvah projects, she volunteered at
the JCC Pitt Child Development Center.

The removal of the braces does not signal the final stage of treatment and should not
be cause to let one's guard down. The importance of retainers can be illustrated by the
following example. During treatment the teeth are constantly moving and when the braces
are removed, the retainers serve as the 'brakes" to tell the teeth that the movement is done
and they should set and hold in position. The longer they are held in their positions, the
more stable they are.

Different kinds of retainers are utilized for different reasons and the decision is usually made
depending upon the patient's needs and personal desires. If a particular design or style
retainer is preferred this can be discussed with the orthodontist and a mutually successful
retainer can be utilized. Retainers can range form different colors with designs and decals
to invisible. Styles and types of retainers will be a future column discussion.

Drs. Hersh, Beattie & Isenberg invite you to join our patient family.
Our offices are located on the border of
West Bloomfield/Commerce Township
2300 Haggerty Road, Suite 1160 (248) 926-4100
and our newest 2nd location is in Waterford at
5133 Highland Road (248) 673-4100.

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