Rampant decay caused by Celiac’s disease

[Chris Tonelli]

My 13 year old granddaughter has aggressive decay 

on her anterior teeth. She is on a strict glutin free diet for about one year. Can it be related  to Celiac disease?

[trents]

Welcome to the forum, @Chris Tonelli!

Has she been officially diagnosed with celiac disease?

When gluten containing grains are removed from the diet, so is a major source of vitamin and mineral content. Gluten-free flours are not required to be enriched with vitamins and minerals by the FDA as are mainline flours. Your granddaughter should be on some serious vitamin and mineral supplementation, more than just a multivitamin product. Especially important in this situation would be D3, calcium and magnesium. Phosphorous is also important to bone and dental health so she be making sure she is eating foods high in phosphorus. Seeds are a good source of phosphorus but so are many other common foods. Make sure all vitamin and mineral supplements are gluten free as wheat starch can be used as filler or a texturing agent in these kind of products.

[Scott Adams]

This article may be helpful:

 

[Wheatwacked]

She should be tested for 25(OH)D vitamin D blood level.  Most newly diagnosed with Celiac Disease are disturbingly low.  Malabsorption syndrome causes poor dietary absorption of vitamin D orally and super high sunscreens block skin production.  Hypervitminosis D which nearly every article written warns of, is a very rare disease.

Many these days drink bottled water so do not get the benefit of floridation.  I had lots of cavities as a kid and when they floridated the water I stopped getting cavities.  Of course in those days all we had for sunscreen was baby oil and that "don't be a paleface" stuff, so we actually got vitamin D from the sun.  Celiac Disease uses a lot of vitamin D to control the immune system response to gluten, but we don't get enough.

Iodine can help prevent tooth decay and gum disease, and may be more effective when used in combination with fluoride. 

Get her medium urinary iodine concentration (Muic) tested for iodine intake deficiency.  In the last 30 years iodine levels have fallen by 50% in the United States.

Edited October 4, 2024 by Wheatwacked