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Why Does Celiac Cause Tooth Discoloration?

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sixdogssixcats Apprentice
sixdogssixcats
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I can find a lot of references to it being causal, but none say why. If my 3yo's teeth are already discolored (not brown by any means, but not pearly white baby teeth either any longer), what does this mean for her permanent teeth? Anything? Thanks.

Lesley

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I can find a lot of references to it being causal, but none say why. If my 3yo's teeth are already discolored (not brown by any means, but not pearly white baby teeth either any longer), what does this mean for her permanent teeth? Anything? Thanks.

Lesley

Catherine's mom

If it is caused by celiac, then the permenant teeth may be already formed and already affected. Here's an informative article: Open Original Shared Link

And a link to a previous discussion with good info from Happygirl: Open Original Shared Link

~Laura

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momofboys05 Newbie
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Okay my son is 7 yrs old and the pedi gi dr said that his teeth are showing signs of celiac disease, he still has all his baby teeth. Hasnt lost 1 yet. Is this common?

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Okay my son is 7 yrs old and the pedi gi dr said that his teeth are showing signs of celiac disease, he still has all his baby teeth. Hasnt lost 1 yet. Is this common?

Interesting... my daughter is 6 and we are waiting for her test results back but in the mean time have started the gluten-free diet. She has not lost any teeth yet and none are loose. Her teeth came in fairly late too as a baby. Her sister who is not showing signs of celiac is 7 and has lost 7 teeth! I did a google search and came up with this thread that I thought I'd try to post... Other than this, I couldn't find much else...

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