Dr Adel Zakhary

  Most people tend think their teeth are perfect, but once they do decide to visit their dentist, their resolve is shaken. How can your dentist tell if the tooth has a cavity? The dentist examines their teeth and at once they begin to tell that something is wrong if the whole examination took a little while longer to the normal checkup, or if the dentist starts to bring in things off the table, and starts to ask the familiar question: “Does it hurt?”. Many times in our clinic, I have seen reactions from our patients ranging from a stunned gaze all the way to “no, Doc, you are wrong, my teeth are perfect”, and the final result is usually baffling. Telltale signs what if you as a person could look at your own teeth. Can you see any of these features? chipping (little cracks running on the tooth) mamelons (the little knobs that most people have at the edges of their front teeth) white lines or dark lines on the back teeth broken front tooth yellow white spots under the surface yellow...

If you have teeth that don’t meet each other at the front, and you wonder what you should call it properly to your dentist , this is for you. The normal relationship Normally, teeth are designed to meet each other as previously described . This relationship is what is known as a positive overlap of teeth, and dentists know it by its stage name - overbite. Its when the tip of the bottom front tooth strikes the back of the upper front tooth. Under this configuration, the teeth are said to be in contact and further, are able to incise (hence the technical name of the respective tooth - incisor ) or bite food off.  Is it an overlap, or do they touch? Sometimes, teeth can struggle to reach their proper position and touch each other, for example, when a physical obstruction prevents them from doing so , or if adenoids or other systemic diseases exist. When this occurs, we ask our patients to report if the teeth could in fact touch each other on closing on the back teeth. With the ...

If your child fell on their face, you had an accident and your teeth became wobbly, this article is for you. What are tooth fractures? Dental fractures occur when a foreign body collides with the mouth and teeth, for example when falling on the face, whether in children or the elderly, or in car accidents or quarrels, and it may result in a fracture in one or several teeth at once and also may result in tooth bleeding if it involves the root canal of the teeth involved. What are the risks of having a fractured tooth? Broken teeth may result in pain in the area of ​​the tooth that does not subside with painkillers, and it may lead to bleeding of the gums with the teeth if the fracture reaches deep into the jaw and to the bone, and it may also result in the death of dental nerves and the occurrence of ulcers in the lips and cheeks if the fractured tooth is sharp, but if the fracture is smooth, the fracture may reach the tooth nerve, and upon the death of the nerve, there may be the forma...

  ما هى كسور الاسنان كسور الاسنان تحدث عندما يقوم جسم غريب بالإصطدام بالفم و الاسنان مثلا عند الوقوع على الوجة سواء عند الاطفال او كبار السن او فى حوادث السيارات او المشاجرات و قد ينتج عنها كسر فى السنة الواحدة او عدة اسنان مرة واحدة و ايضا قد ينتج عنها نزيف السن اذا وصل الكسر لعصب السن ما هى اضرار كسور الاسنان قد ينتج عن الكسور وجود الم فى منطقة السن لا يهدأ مع المسكنات و قد يصل الامر الى نزيف اللثة مع الاسنان اذا وصل الكسر فى عمق الفك و الى العظم و قد ينتج ايضا عنة موت اعصاب الاسنان و حدوث تقرحات فى الشفتين و الخدين اذا كان السن المكسور مدبب اما اذا كان الكسر املس فقد يصل الى عصب السن و عند موت العصب قد يحدث تكوين لخراج تحت السن و نخر العظم و لخلخة الاسنان و عدم ثبوتها الامر الذى يؤدى فيما بعد الى الحاجة لخلع السن او التثبيت المستمر.  ما هى انواع كسور الاسنان يتم تصنيف الكسور بعدة طرق منها: كسور عميقة او كسور سطحية كسور حادة او كسور ملساء كسور الطبقية كسور مع او بدون موت العصب كسور فى السن فقط او السن مع العظم كسور مع ثبات السن المكسور او بدون ثبات السن (كسور اطاحة السن( كسو...

  If you are between 40-60 years old, have some broken teeth, have some that are missing or lost due to time, this piece will give you insights on how we decide what to do in your case. Broken teeth only? People usually become busy with life and its toll, and with getting married and having kids. I remember once, as a 16 years old, I witnessed my dad breaking one of his teeth trying to pry open a knot on a plastic bag with his teeth. Its a fact of life that at some point, your teeth shall give in. Like most organs do, and people turn older, and become less active, so does the body and the teeth are no exception. Thus the majority of cases that do show up, tend to have any of these problems.  To save, or not to save? During  dental examination , middle-aged dental patients because lets face it, often more than not, patients want the quick way out. Most ladies and gentlemen we see at  our clinic  come with a myriad of problems ranging from gums that are receded, b...

What do we do when checking your teeth? If you ever wondered what do dentists look for in your teeth when you show them your mouth and open up, this article is for you. Hygiene  of your mouth Presence  of caries Position  of caries Depth  of caries Extent  of caries Involvement  of root canals with caries or not Alignment  of teeth And that is just to name a few. In fact, the comprehensive list goes way beyond these perplexing parameters, and by force of habit, all those items are simultaneously checked to every tooth, as soon as you walk in for the first time. For example, did you know that with each patient, we like to know if they have underlying systemic conditions, for example there could be allergies to Latex from gloves or Nickel in the metal braces. I personally had the unfortunate experience of getting rashes and puffy eyes by Latex sensitivity back while I was still in college, before even going into dental school.  What happened to the ...

  Ever wondered when you were a child how your teeth all of a sudden split at the front? How about teeth that you suddenly grow high up near your eyes? And why specifically do these teeth matter? What makes them behave that way? If you want to know how can braces solve that problem in children and young teens, read some more. Canines The Canines, also named " Fangs "," Eye teeth ", or just Canines (not that beautiful pet of yours), are the teeth that look like daggers at the front of your mouth. They are the teeth that begin to erupt around the age of nine years, sometimes a little earlier, sometimes a little later. They form what we call the corner of the smile, and rightly so, because they occupy the middle, transitional position between the cutters (your front teeth), and the chewers (the back teeth). They are pivotal to getting your smile arc, your facial bones supported, and thus, your age looks. Canines normally erupt, gliding on roots of the neighboring teeth...