International Journal of Dental Sciences

Authors
Sameer Hatem Abdulhaleem

Abstract
Our current article deals with a very important issue related to the health of the fetuses while they are in their mothers’ wombs during the detection of a specific problem that occurs in the teeth of the mothers and its review to the specialized dentist, and the case requires that the abnormality be detected through the use of X-rays. The possibility that the fetus in the mother's womb will be affected by X-rays is very small, or almost non-existent. X-rays help detect many different problems that may exist in the teeth. In general, the benefits that can be gained from the diagnostic information from the use of X-ray images outweigh the potential risk to the fetus. However, when a pregnant mother undergoes a large number of x-rays of the abdomen in a short period of time, she must confirm whether she is pregnant or not, because this may be harmful to the health of the mother and her fetus.