New Dental Enamel Defects In 12 Yr Old

[desccc]

My 12 yr old d has not been diagnosed with celiac...yet, but has a very high IgG to Gliadin Antibody..greater than 100.

She has in the past several months had a new finding of two upper front teeth with staining..looks brown but not all over the teeth and also looks like vertical lines on them, sort of grooves.

She has an appt with an orthodontist tomorrow and he will look at this we are there for case presentation for braces. But I called her dentist today and they have no record where he had recorded any tooth enamel defects or staining. The staining is new.

could this be celiac related where she doesn't have the teeth defects until now?

[happygirl]

It can be - here is a good article about it.

from: Open Original Shared Link

Dental Enamel Defects and Celiac Disease

Celiac disease manifestations can extend beyond the classic gastrointestinal problems, affecting any organ or body system. One of these manifestations

[desccc]

Happygirl,

Thanks so much for this info! I am going to print it out and give it to our ped.

We went to the orthodontist and he said there were no defects and the staining was removed by him by polishing. He said it could be fron apple juice or tea but she's never had this until several months ago.

I am going to ask here since you seem knowledgeable:

Is LabCorp a good lab for celiac panel? The ped is going to do the remaining tests thru this lab in several weeks.

She has also had hip and shoulder problems for past 9 months, hurts to sit for long periods, if this is gluten related, would anything

show on x-ray?

Doctor wants to do a D3 blood level checked and also an adrenal test done by a saliva test, are you familiar with these?

Thanks!

[desccc]

I forgot to mention that she has had the mouth ulcers off and on since she was a toddler, but recently they have been much less and she is on a mega amount of supplements so this may be helping..but the mouth uclers finding is interesting.