Can Celiac Affect Your Teeth?

Celiac disease can affect your skin, joints, your mood and especially in children their teeth.
There is no current research on how Celiac impacts teeth.  It seems to affect the enamel especially in children. Enamel is the translucent, tough outer shell of the tooth, it protects teeth from damage.  Many studies show this defect is more common in people with Celiac disease.

A study was done in 2009, which showed Celiac individuals, especially children, have nearly triple the rate of enamel defects than the non Celiac person.
Again its not clear how Celiac affects the enamel, but since enamel of permanent teeth develop by age seven, so this would on affect early on set Celiac, will not affect people who develop the disease in their 20s or 30s.

Will a gluten free diet help, it won't fix enamel but will help to prevent canker sores, which also have been linked to Celiac disease.  Ideally your goal is to catch the disease early on in young children, so you can lessen the risk.

Most toothpaste and mouthwashes claim to contain no gluten, but as a rule always read the label of any item that you will digest.