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The Jewish Family Services has held the Night of 100 Dinners every year for the past nine years, staying true to their primary focus and commitment of feeding the hungry. As Ilene S. Gelman, JFS board president, explained for the Bergen News "One of our central missions is to fee our neighbors who are hungry, and one of the primary focuses of this even is to continue doing so."

Guests from all over come to support JFS in their mission, meeting up at Englewood Hospital for a Cocktail Event and then given a specific home to have dinner along with other selected guests for that particular home.

JFS invited Dr. Lena and Dr. Mircea to show their appreciation for the amazing work that they have done for a few of the very special people they work with. You may have seen a previous post about the fabulous job the doctors did with Susan Berlinrood, a Hackensack resident, who came to us through JFS. We were more then happy and quite honored to be able to be a part of Susan's transformation and are currently working with another JFS referral who prefers to keep her anonymity. Needless to say we are excited to see the results and will try to keep our followers as much a part of this story as we did with Susan's.

Dr. Lena and Dr. Mircea are grateful to have been able to share in the Night of 100 Dinners experience and to have had the opportunity to meet so many kind and generous people work so hard to help the less fortunate in our communities.

We hope that everyone reading this will be inspired to do their part, no matter how big or small, and do what they can to help feed the hungry.

One of our goals at Prosmiles is to be able to donate our services to someone in the local area, who needs work done but can not otherwise afford it. The doctor's compassion motivated them to provide these services without waiting to build... a substantial practice and despite being one doctor short, with Dr. Lena on bedrest for over three months. Our first such patient was referred to us by Jewish Family Services of Northern NJ. The patient has long suffered from several serious medical ailments whose treatment included some that caused the rotting of her teeth. Unable to chew, ashamed to smile and in constant pain, Susan was overjoyed when she learned of the “blessing she was about to receive”, Prosmiles and its doctors. "This will change my life, I would have never dreamed that this could happen to me and I am indebted to the entire team at Prosmiles." It was hard to see who was happier, Susan or the doctors. We provided Susan with partial upper and lower Valplasts, giving Susan back all of her posterior teeth allowing her to enjoy eating again and have a fully functioning set of teeth. In addition the doctor did some cosmetic bonding to her Anterior teeth (her front teeth) giving her a cosmetically pleasing appearance along with the partials, allowing her to smile again without being self conscious. At Prosmiles we maintain the highest standards and use only the best products on the market. The lab with which we often work, Precision Ceramics in Montclair, CA was so touched by Susan’s story that they decided to provide the partials gratis. Susan volunteers for Gilda’s club and is a cancer survivor. Despite her pain and suffering she always wanted to give back. What goes around comes around, A perfect match by Jewish Family Services of Northern NJ.

AFTER

A question I often get asked is what one can do about their bad breath. One of the main reasons people get bad breath in the first place is because they neglect cleaning their tongue. The tongue is covered with finger like projections called Papillae. It is in between the Papillae that microscopic food particles get stuck. Bacteria then starts to grow because the food particles are stuck in an enviornment of 98.6 degrees which in turn creates a mal odor.

In addition to your regular bi-yearly professional cleanings, you should also be cleaning your tongue on a daily basis. In order to do so properly you should purchase a tongue scraper (Breath RX is recommended) which you can pick up at a local pharmacy.

Last but not least, due to the fact that most bacteria is found on the posterior part of the tongue, which is towards the back of the mouth, it is important to gargle with mouthwash that contains an active ingredient for treating bad breath. Make sure to gargle the mouthwash and to not just swish it around in your mouth.

At Prosmiles we address the issues you are most concerned about. Please feel free to contact our office anytime by phone (201-945-1600)or e-mail (info@prosmiles.net) and always feel free to come visit our beautiful brand new office!

Yours Turly

Dr. Lena

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