<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Dear Listmates - I could sure use some help on this one: I am in the far South Suburbs of Chicago. I need a dentist that won't object to the fact I need to check that everything that goes in my mouth is gluten-free. Here's what happened with my (now) FORMER dentist today: My dentist is away - on leave until September. I've never met her associate, but need a dentist (pain in a tooth that has a crown). Her associate requested an updated medical history, and I faxed one to her. I hadn't been to the dentist in three years, which is before I was diagnosed Celiac. I spent considerable time updating my medical history on my computer. This dentist then read the medical history, and called and said they couldn't take a patient's word for a condition, and requested a letter from my doctor stating that I am Celiac, before she would see me. I faxed my current gastroenterologist. His office faxed a 4-page medical history to the dentist in question, AND the letter I had faxed to him requesting a letter be faxed to the dentist - which wasn't what I asked him to do - Just to fax a letter stating I was Celiac. The fax I sent to the gastroenterologist was, of course, confidential. It mentioned that I found the dentist's request strange, and that she had asked me to prove that I am Celiac and provide a doctor's letter, and wouldn't just take my word for it. She had specifically said that they couldn't just take the patient's word for it and needed a doctor's letter, when she first called me previously. The dentist in question read the 4-page medical history from the gastroenterologist, phoned the dentist on leave, phoned their attorneys, and called me up and told me they can't treat me - Go elsewhere. She said they can't accomodate my medical problems. She said my fax letter to the gastroenterologist showed I didn't have confidence in her, and that I had affected the dentist - patient relationship. I told her that she had already done that when I had no credibility with her and she asked for a doctor's letter that states I am a Celiac. She then claimed that she had asked for a letter from my doctor for consent for treatment, and does that for any medical condition (such as mitral valve prolapse, etc.). That isn't what she told me previously. She claims they have treated a few Celiacs before, and no one insisted on checking everything (for gluten-free). I told her that they didn't know to check everything out, but might in the future when they know more about hidden glutens. Know a good dentist here who won't object to the fact that I am Celiac and check if everything going in my mouth is gluten-free? Thanks, group. I've never run into anything like this before. It has been an upsetting day. My fax to the gastroenterologist should have been confidential. Of course, the dentist would have reacted the same way. Their clinic doesn't want to be bothered with someone who needs everything gluten-free and checks if everything is. Where do I find a dentist that understands they don't have to call their attorneys if a patient has Celiac Sprue and needs to check that what goes in the mouth is gluten-free?? Thanks for the help and support! Vicki