<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Celiac disease (CD) is chronic inflammatory disease of the proximal small intestine. It is caused by hypersensitivity to gluten proteins, rays and barley, which damage the intestinal mucous membrane, creating conditions for malabsorption. In addition to intestinal, classic forms of the disease, extraintestinal manifestations may occur. Aphthae in the oral cavity, defects of the enamel, caries, delayed tooth erupting, atrophic glossitis and angular cheilitis are some of them. Serological examination of patients with minimal symptoms and in patients with extraintestinal and atypical gastrointestinal symptoms would improve the timely diagnosis. By careful dental examination of the cavity with a special focus on these changes, we can contribute to early diagnosis of the CD. The education of patients about oral manifestations of CD can improve the quality of life of these patients.</p></abstract>

Celiac disease (CD) is chronic inflammatory disease of the proximal small intestine. It is caused by hypersensitivity to gluten proteins, rays and barley, which damage the intestinal mucous membrane, creating conditions for malabsorption. In addition to intestinal, classic forms of the disease, extraintestinal manifestations may occur. Aphthae in the oral cavity, defects of the enamel, caries, delayed tooth erupting, atrophic glossitis and angular cheilitis are some of them. Serological examination of patients with minimal symptoms and in patients with extraintestinal and atypical gastrointestinal symptoms would improve the timely diagnosis. By careful dental examination of the cavity with a special focus on these changes, we can contribute to early diagnosis of the CD. The education of patients about oral manifestations of CD can improve the quality of life of these patients.

Oral Manifestations of Celiac Disease

Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Dentistry

Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Internal medicine

Clinical Center Kragujevac, Clinic for Interne medicine, Center for Gastroenterohepatology

Experimental and Applied Biomedical Research (EABR)

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Celiac disease (CD) is chronic inflammatory disease of the proximal small intestine. It is caused by hypersensitivity to gluten proteins, rays and barley,...

Oral Manifestations of Celiac Disease

Publicado en línea: 28 ago 2019

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Recibido: 22 ene 2019

Aceptado: 20 mar 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2019-0009

Palabras clave
celiac disease, oral manifestations, recurrent aphthous stomatitis, enamel defects

© 2019 Milos Zivic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Oral Manifestations of Celiac Disease

Publicado en línea: 28 ago 2019

Páginas: -

Recibido: 22 ene 2019

Aceptado: 20 mar 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2019-0009

Palabras claveceliac disease, oral manifestations, recurrent aphthous stomatitis, enamel defects

© 2019 Milos Zivic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
celiac disease, oral manifestations, recurrent aphthous stomatitis, enamel defects