mystery tooth/gum pain

[cristiana]

Hello everyone

I wonder if anyone has had experience of bouts of tooth or gum pain which they think may be related to coeliac disease?   I have heard coeliac disease can impact upon our dental health but I'm wondering if actually it is a nerve problem that I have rather than dental.

I do have mild neuralgia on the right side of my face which is triggered by cold wind (this has been so much better thanks to having to wear Covid facemasks!)

However, the pain I currently have is in the teeth in the left of my mouth but it moves about - sometimes I could swear it was in my top teeth, then it goes down to the bottom.  I first noticed it a few months ago when eating hot food.   My teeth throbbed with a sort of burning pain, but it was short lasting.  My dentist could see nothing wrong but put a special coating on my teeth and prescribed some special sensitive toothpaste and with a week it had gone.  The pain has just recently returned after some hygienist work - although oddly it started 24hrs later. This time the pain lasted for about 12 hours.  My mouth still feels a bit tender and so I'm going to have it looked at again.  Recent X-rays did not reveal any issues.

But a few years ago I got burning in my front teeth that took a few days to go, and I've also had burning inside my nose.  I get burning in the roof of my mouth.  There's no visible inflammation though, it's so strange.   

Has anyone had anything similar?  If the dentist can't see any problems, do you have any advice?  I haven't knowingly consumed any gluten.

Thanks,

Cristiana

 

 

Edited April 23, 2021 by cristiana

[knitty kitty]

The medications used in numbing shots at the dentist can cause a depletion in thiamine.  The nerves in the head and neck use lots of thiamine.  Have you tried taking more thiamine? 

Also Vitamin C can help with gum sensitivity.  

 

[cristiana]

Thanks knitty kitty. 

I had to go back to see the dentist and it seems it's TMD/TMJ - depending on your nationality.  Very odd as I could have absolutely sworn it was my teeth.  It felt like appalling dental pain but the weird thing is it was moving around my mouth.  He says I have got sensitive teeth already but the jaw issue is just adding to it.

Coincidentally I'd already started to supplement those vitamins before you wrote your message and I think it is already helping.   Thank you so much for your input.

Cristiana

 

 

[NeverLikedRollercoasters]

On 4/23/2021 at 4:06 AM, cristiana said:

I wonder if anyone has had experience of bouts of tooth or gum pain which they think may be related to coeliac disease?

Hi Cristiana. Although I don't have a concrete celiac disease diagnosis due to many reasons, I have nothing else to explain all my symptoms when I eat gluten as just about everything else has been ruled out. 

I just wanted to respond to this because I haven't seen anyone else really mention it.  I've had bad teeth all my life and have had a lot of dental work done. Normally though, I don't experience any pain or discomfort.... until I have a run-in with gluten.  Then I get random toothaches. There's no specific tooth I can say will be bothersome as it seems to move around each time. And it's not like a sensitivity to cold or hot. More like a dull ache that lasts for days at a time.

My suspicion is that it's just due to major inflammation because I experience it throughout my body but mainly starts in my upper neck muscles and shoulder blades. So, yes, I get this!

[cristiana]

Hi NLR

That's really interesting, that sounds so much like the pain I get.  And my coeliac friend, similar age, told me she has been having that random sensitivity too.  For me, it isn't really that "Ouch, I've eating something cold" like they show in the Sensodyne ads here in the UK.  It's a pain that sometimes can be triggered caused by biting onto something warm or hard but it comes with a bit of a warning and it comes and goes in waves, or it just sticks around a bit.  And just when I'm sure I've found an undiagnosed dental absess, it moves elsewhere!  

Recently I have been eating some processed food that hasn't got gluten on the label but isn't certified gluten free - so perhaps it's sneaking in. Another site I've had inexplicable pain that's gone on for many many months in the past is musculoskeletal pain in my upper back and ribcage area.  Thankfully all good at the moment, but when it comes on it's ghastly.  I think I can tie glutening into those episodes too.

Thanks for chiming in!

Cristiana