Dental Issues - and recalcifying paste questions.

[celiacmaine-iac]

Hello Meline,
I used the Google English to Greek translator. I hope it gives you the definition you are looking for, because I have no way of knowing if it translated accurately since I don't know Greek. There was no word for sliver, so I used the English word splinter, which means basically the same thing in English. Here's the word I got: διασπώνται

Here's the Google link in case you need a translation at another time.

http://www.google.com/ig?hl=en&referrer=ign_n

Hope this helps!
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Steph

[MELINE]

[voix]

Meline,

What is it like to be gluten free in Greece/Europe? Is it easy to find safe food? Do people seem to understand what you need?

[MELINE]

[voix]

Wow, you are a trail blazer! That sounds like difficult work.

Several years ago, I studied abroad in Barcelona. I met a girl there who couldn't eat wheat. She said she had an allergy and would just tell all the waiters that. She wasn't concerned about rye or barley or anything but wheat, so she must have really had an allergy and not celiacs disease.

She seemed to be able to communicate her needs well. No one gave her a hard time about it.

Are you familiar with the Triumph Dining Cards? www.triumphdining.com They are laminated cards that you give your waiter and the kitchen that explains what gluten free is. THere are 10 cards and they are each a different language. One is in Greek. That could be helpful for you.

My family is in Berlin, Germany. I can't imagine getting them to understand no flour or no bread. I am actually putting off a visit because of it.

Regarding how rare gluten intolerance is in Greece, I guess they say this is primarily an Irish disease. I went to a local support group for celiac, and everyone there looked like they could be my brother, sister, aunt or uncle! It was amazing. (I'm part Irish.)

[aklap]

Greeks Rates of Celiac Disease Among Lowest in Europe

[HadassahSukkot]

Meline, on the two very front (small) bottom teeth, I just had a tiny fraction of them come off after brushing. In fact, I thought it was part of a nut at first, since I had some organic gluten free apple-cinnamon bar before I brushed my teeth. I figured it got wedged in somewhere and just appeared, but then when my tongue brushed against the edge near the bottom of the gums, I could feel a little sharp 'sting' where there was tooth before. I checked in a mirror and with some cleaning tools, and there definitely was a tiny notch gone from the two that were touching.

On the top front tooth, I had such a small peice slide off, it was like when you see a geologist working on a rock and only taking off a very small peiceof the rock to get a thin slab of slate or to see if there is a fossil inside.. It looked like a teeny tiny scratch on the tooth itself... almost like when you get a splinter. I didn't feel it break or fall off, I only felt the pain after as it was sensitive.

The dentist and hygenist checked and tapped and prodded ALL of my teeth, and save the teeny tiny cavity I've had for three years on one molar (too tiny to do anything with other than drilling really deep and making it a sensitive tooth--- and not painful at all) -- all my teeth are checking out strong as bone and no issues other than needing to be cleaned and whitened... which you can't do in pregnancy.

Right now it's wait and see, and pray that it doesn't happen again
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[MELINE]