Predicting the Future

Ask the Orthodontist

Devin Samuel
Raitt, surrounded
by family and
friends, will
become a bar mitz-
vah on Saturday,
June 10, at Temple
Israel in West
Bloomfield. He is
Raitt
the loving son of
Laura and Jeffrey
Raitt and brother of Camryn. He is

the grandchild of Patricia and
Robert Baer, Lois Raitt and the late
David Raitt, and great-grandchild of
Anne Teache.
Devin is a student at Warner
Middle School in Farmington Hills.
His most meaningful mitzvah proj-
ect was raising funds and aware-
ness for Operation Common Good;
all money raised goes to support
Farmington families dealing with
poverty.

2017

DREW ANDERSON
West
Bloomfield
High School

ELIZABETH LARKY-SAVIN

Summa Cum
Laude, National
Honor Society,
Varsity Soccer
Captain,
MHSAA All-
District, OAA
All-League, OAA Scholar-Athlete.
University of Michigan

Summa Cum
Laude, National
Honor Society
Treasurer,
Varsity Soccer
Team Captain,
Scholar
Athlete Award, Law Club Executive
Board, Temple Israel High School
graduate, Achayot BBG S’ganit,
John Bieniewicz Memorial College
Scholarship recipient.
University of Michigan

ETHAN KRASMAN
North
Farmington

National Honor
Society, BBYO
Regional Board,
Friendship
Circle volun-
teer, Student
Round Table
Forum, Link
Leader, Superintendent’s Award
recipient, Academic Letters.
Kalamazoo College

RACHEL KRASNER
Cranbrook
Kingswood

Gold Key
President,
StandWithUs
intern, Jewish
Awareness
Club President/
Founder, Jewish
Leadership
Council President, Honor Roll,
Dean’s List, Conduct Review Board,
Jewish Fund Teen Board, Varsity
Field Hockey (MVP, All-State,
All-League, All-State Academic)
Varsity Soccer, Middle School Girls
mentor, Pontiac Baldwin Center
tutor, Brookside tutor, CK Cabinet,
Machon Maayan, Israel gap year.
Northwestern University

To best guess if your child has enough room in the posterior or back of the
mouth, you can measure from the front of the lower 1st molar, which erupts
into the mouth around age 6, to the back of the lateral incisor which is the
2nd tooth from the midline. If the measurement is less than 22 millimeters,
then you can guess there will not be enough room for the future permanent
teeth.

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

Licensed Specialists
for Children
& Adults

West Bloomfi eld
Commerce Township
248.926.4100
Located in the
Lakes Medical Building

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It is possible to estimate if your child will need braces in the future by certain
aspects of there developing teeth. For example, when all the baby teeth (also
known as deciduous or primary teeth) have erupted, if there is crowding or
not excess space between the teeth, there is likelihood that orthodontics will
be needed. The permanent teeth take up more space than the baby ones
they replace so even if the baby teeth look perfect in ideal alignment, there is
probably going to be crowding.

Waterford
248-673-4100

To determine if the palate or roof of the mouth is wide enough, the
measurement you want to see between the right and left 1st permanent
molars is 38 millimeters, or the length of a dental cotton roll. This dimension
is fairly consistent from age 10 to late adolescence.

Lastly, if you child can fi t their little fi nger in between the upper and lower
front teeth when the mouth is closed, then you may have a future problem
with overlap. Also if you do not see at least 50% of the lower teeth when the
teeth are closed together, there may be a problem with a deep over-bite.

All these are best evaluated by an orthodontist who can best determine
growth direction and when to intervene. Drs. Hersh, Beattie, Isenberg and
their staff invite you to become a member of our orthodontic family. Your fi rst
visit will serve to inform, put you to ease, and allow you to see for yourself
what sets our offi ce apart. We are looking forward to meeting you soon!

Our state-of-the-art orthodontic facilities are located in West Bloomfi eld/
Commerce Township. 2300 Haggerty Road, Suite 1160 248-926-4100 and
our 2nd location is in Waterford (at the corner of Crescent Lake Road and
M-59) 5133 Highland Road, 248-673-4100.

West
Bloomfield
High School

248-926-4100

www.hershbeattieortho.com

JAYSON OLSON

West
Bloomfield
High School

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Bloomfield
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Beta Kappa,
National Merit
Scholarship
finalist, A.P.
Scholar Award,
National Honor Society, Vice
President Environmental Club,
Baseball, Swimming and Track
teams.
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