Girl’s Asking For Help Because Her Teeth Are Crumbling And Bits Fall Out When She Sneezes

#1 18-year-old Linzi Grant from Milton Keynes, believes a mystery condition is causing her teeth to crumble away, triggering painful gum abscesses.

This is very painful for her. Three teeth have already been permanently extracted. At this time, she wears temporary replacements at the front of her mouth and she can only eat soft food.

#2 It’s very humiliating for her every time when she sneezes or jolts because bits of teeth come out.

She says ‘I just want to tell them what's wrong with me but I don't even know what that is.'

Doctors believe this problem is because she has Type 1 diabetes, due to which it increases the risk of developing dental problems. Linzi feels pain at the root of her teeth, as she is always been careful to go for regular dental check-ups and follow the diet.

She was absolutely fine until the age 14, then she suddenly started suffering pain in her back teeth.

#3 One day she had emergency treatment to remove the nerves. After that she always says, her teeth have started to disintegrate.

‘I was sitting watching the TV and remember my teeth begin crumbling into my mouth,' she recalls. ‘I didn't know what to do, I just cried my eyes out. My face started swelling up because of a build up of fluid. It was horrific.'

She went to the dentist who drilled holes in her teeth to drain the fluid, but the teeth continued to crumble.

She's also been rushed to hospital four times in the last year due to diabetic ketone-acidosis (DKA), a potentially fatal condition caused by high blood sugar resulting from the infections.

#4 Dentists say the only treatment available to her on the NHS is to have all of her teeth extracted.

Linzi, who also grinds her teeth in her sleep and has Temporomandibular disorder, a problem affecting the muscles and joints in the jaw, is now sharing her story in the hope that someone can help.

Dentists believe the teeth have been weakened by her diabetes while her diabetics nurses have suggested it's exacerbated by too much sugar in her diet.

‘They blame it on me eating sweet foods and drinking sugary drinks but because I've always had diabetes I'm so careful. I don't eat any of that stuff,' Linzi says. ‘If it was as easy as changing my diet I would have done that years ago. I've tried everything and I've just been left to put up with it.

#5 ‘I just feel like I’ve constantly been fobbed off.’

'I just tried to get on with it by myself but I can't do it anymore. There must be someone who can help,' she pleads.

Linzi is now raising money via Go Fund Me so she can get better treatment.