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There are many important issues in choosing, as this will be a long-term relationship,
and it should be enjoyable. The orthodontist should be a specialist in orthodontics,
which means he, or she, had been selected to a graduate program beyond dental
school, which requires additional full time training from two to three years. He/She then
limits their practice to only orthodontics and does not practice other facets of dentistry.

Dimes and Bridgepointe Nonprofit,
which connects students from the
suburban Detroit area and students
in the city of Detroit with leadership,
empathy and understanding.

Jacob Max Shapiro
(Yaakov Shlomo),
son of Lainie and
Michael Shapiro,
will be called to the
Torah as a bar mitz-
vah on Saturday,
May 19, 2018,
Shapiro
at Temple Shir
Shalom in West
Bloomfield. He
will be joined in celebration by his
younger sister Maddie and his proud
grandfather Stephen Margulis.
Cheering him on from above will be
Jacob’s dearly departed grandpar-
ents, the late Sharon Margulis, the
late Phil Shapiro and the late Toby
Shapiro.
Jacob is a student at Warner
Middle School in Farmington
Hills. A cancer survivor himself,
Jacob raised more than $7,000 for
childhood cancer research by sell-
ing more than 500 Everybody vs.
Childhood Cancer T-shirts for his
bar mitzvah project. The proceeds
will be donated to the Children’s
Hospital of Michigan, C.S. Mott
Children’s Hospital and the Love,
Team Tessa Foundation.

Amanda Jade
Silverstone will
lead the congre-
gation in prayer
as she becomes
a bat mitzvah on
Saturday, May 19,
2018, at Temple
Silverstone
Israel in West
Bloomfield. She
will be joined in
celebration by her proud parents,
Michelle Silverstone and Dr. Marc
Silverstone, and brother Jason.
Amanda is the loving grandchild of
Paula and the late John Polan, and
Dr. William and the late Charlotte
Silverstone.
She is a student at West Hills Middle
School in Bloomfield Hills. As part of
her most meaningful mitzvah project,
Amanda raised funds for donation to
the Alzheimer’s Association in memo-
ry of her grandfather John Polan.

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

Waterford
248-673-4100

Dylan Agree Wolf,
son of Brooke and
Paul Wolf, will
become a bar mitz-
vah Friday, May 18,
2018, at Temple
Beth El. Dylan is the
sister of Marley Wolf
Wolf
and the grandson of
Linda and Douglas
Mossman, and
Sharon and Ken Wolf.
He is a seventh-grader at Berkshire
Middle School in Beverly Hills.

Equally important is to ask your son or daughter where they feel comfortable after the
initial consultation. Did the orthodontist speak to your child and see what issues are
important to them? Did they listen to you and your child, as well as explain what
the procedures involve? Kids are very perceptive and their input is vital, as
patients are more compliant when they know, trust, and like their doctor.

Location, hours, reasonable and customary fees, comfortable fi nancial arrangements,
and accessibility are important issues also. Ask other members of the community
including your son or daughter’s friends and even teachers. Is the reception room clean,
friendly, and comfortable? Did you have to wait at all, or long for your appointment?
Was the orthodontist on schedule? Was the orthodontist friendly? Can you receive
an information packet about the offi ce, orthodontist and treatment philosophy?
These are all important issues to consider.

Lastly and very important is select your orthodontist on who truly cares for your child.
When you have interviewed your orthodontist and feel comfortable that they enjoy
relationships with kids and will treat your son or daughter as if they were part of their
own extended family or friends, then you have found your family orthodontist.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Drs. Hersh, Beattie
& Isenberg at their state-of-the-art facilities in West Bloomfi eld/Commerce Township at
2300 Haggerty Road, Suite 1160, 248-926-4100 and our newest location in Waterford
at 5133 Highland Road, 248-673-4100.

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arbara and Kevan Kreitman
of Birmingham are delight-
ed to announce the engage-
ment of their daughter Doree
Rachel Kreitman to Jacob Grant
Lapping, son of Laura and Paul
Lapping of Riverwoods, Ill.
Doree is the granddaughter of
Johnny Katz, and Rene and Max
Kreitman, all of West Bloomfield.
She is also the granddaughter
of the late Dorothy Katz. Jake is
the grandson of Sheila Orleans of
Deerfield, Ill., the late Howard Orleans, and the late Judy and the late Irwin
Lapping.
Doree and Jake are both graduates of the University of Michigan, where
they met.
Doree has a bachelor of science degree in mathematics. She is employed
as an actuary at Allstate Insurance Company in Chicago. Jake has a bachelor
of science degree in chemistry and is pursuing a Ph.D. in the same field, also
in Chicago.
The couple will be wed on May 27, 2018, in Birmingham. •

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