Re: Digest Number 3504

[Guest guest]

Hi , how's life?

I can't figure out a connection, but I'm wondering about gut disorders and

teeth. Though, as I said, the two with the bad teeth are NT (or apparently

so). But perhaps they could still have gut issues? Wonder if an entire

family could have gut problems?

Lolita

>Hi Lolita,

>LJ has very bad baby teeth, he had a route canal (never knew they did

>that with aby teeth), has had 4 fiillings and one of his molars had about

>3/4 of it break off. I just hope the big teeth are better. LJ was never

>a soda pop or candy eater, and has been going to a dentist since he was

>2. He has been brushing his teeth for years and I brush them for him

>too. I have no idea why.

>

[Guest guest]

At 10:39 PM 8/28/2001 -0500, you wrote:

>Hi , how's life?

>

>I can't figure out a connection, but I'm wondering about gut disorders and

>teeth. Though, as I said, the two with the bad teeth are NT (or apparently

>so). But perhaps they could still have gut issues? Wonder if an entire

>family could have gut problems?

>

>Lolita

>

>\

One of the main reasons celiacs have dental problems is that the damaged

gut does not absorb vitamins and minerals properly. Of course calcium is a

mineral and a lack of it can cause teeth not to form properly or to

actually lose strength, as in osteoporosis, which is also very common in

celiacs.

Although it's a genetic and inheritable condition, it would be unlikely

that everyone in the family has celiac. The odds are about one in 10 for

first degree relatives. However, it's possible that a predisposition to

poor teeth formation is a dominant gene and could show up in most, if not

all of the family.

It's all in the genes....

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