Dental Enamel Defects in Children Strong Indicators of Celiac Disease

I find this information ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! Just think how many children this could help...

Thank you for sharing!!

It would be nice to know the age of the children and whether primary or permanent teeth were affected and were those teeth affected similarly or were there specific differences. teeth develop in a finite sequence at specific ages.

Anything that could help detect celiac disease as early as possible is fantastic. I agree with Eric (comment #2), it would have been nice to have a little more info on the teeth

Interesting article but I have yet to find pictures as examples of the kind of dental deformities that are discussed so I can asses whether my son is affected. Dentists seem to know little or nothing about this in relation to Celiac Disease.

Nice article but please provide clinical references of specific enamel defects. As a dental professional with celiac disease I have never in 30 years seen a picture or heard of an enamel defect that was suggested it was related to celiac disease. This is new news. High fevers, medications, injury during tooth development have always been suggested of poor enamel. And when all else fails you blame it on genetics.

I wish my dentist knew about this - I can't tell you how many times I was accused of not brushing my teeth as a kid, and I couldn't figure out why I was getting so many cavities!

My daughter is 21 month old and I have celiacs. I know that she has it but she is still in the process of seeing doctors. Her front 4 teeth are missing enamel and they are very discolored (poor thing). I did not know that this also was associated with Celiacs. Would of been nice to know when I first noticed her teeth months ago, would of saved her from being so sick, underweight and under height.

My daughter does not eat wheat. Her brother has celiac disease and 3 of my other children also do not eat wheat. My daughter was loosing the enamel on her teeth and the dentist could not explain why, this went on from childhood to early adulthood. She also has a diagnosis of juvenile rheumatoid, the main reason she quit eating wheat. Enamel issues and joint deformities are all resolved.

My daughter suffering from celiac problem, & her dental strength is comparatively less than her sister. This article is simply good.

Hannah, I know just how you feel!! Let us not forget the possibility of a true lack of fluoride. I grew up on well water in Louisiana, & I, too, was accused of not brushing, BY MY DENTIST! I wish the idiot had realized that due to the lack of naturally occurring fluoride, my teeth were doomed from the start. My younger brothers & my husband were blessed to grow up with water that was fluoridated or had it naturally occurring. I had more cavities by he 1st grade than the 3 of them combined to the present! At the same time, this is yet one more symptom to tally on my checklist. I'm considering getting tested in the near future.

Many states and counties in the U.S. are wising up to the dangers of fluoride to your teeth and health, and are actually making it ILLEGAL to fluoridate the drinking water supply. Fluoride causes defects in enamel, too--sometimes quite severely--and taking it internally does even worse things to your teeth. To properly study the link to Celiac Disease, they would need to eliminate fluoride as a possible factor. Google 'dental fluorosis.' There is plenty of information on this subject.

Fluoride also interferes with thyroid regualtion.