What Causes Sudden TMJ Pain?

TMJ pain can be caused by many things. The jaw is one of the most complex joints in the human body, and perhaps one of the most active. It plays a key role in so many everyday activities: eating, talking, breathing, moving the head and neck. Due to its complexity and location, jaw pain is especially irritating. It can spread to the head, neck, and shoulders, interfere with everything we do all day, disrupt sleep, and cause problems at work. One of the most insidious things about TMJ pain is that it can come on suddenly and seemingly for no reason. Understanding the causes of sudden TMJ pain is a big part of treating it, so let’s take a look at where sudden TMJ pain comes from and what you can do about it.

The Hows and Whys of TMJ

TMJ, more formally known as temporomandibular joints, are the hinge of the jaw. Located just forward from your ears where the jaw bone meets the skull, they are a remarkably flexible structure. Able to move up and down, forward and backward, and side to side, they enable you to move your jaw and perform all the activities this allows. Due to their complexity, TMJ pain can have any of a number of causes and determining what issues are giving individual patients problems can be challenging. This becomes clear when we take a look at a list of common TMJ symptoms:

• Pain or tenderness of your jaw
• Pain in one or both of the temporomandibular joints
• Aching pain in and around your ear
• Ringing in your ears
• Difficulty chewing or pain while chewing
• Aching facial pain
• Dizziness
• Blurred vision or the inability to focus your vision
• Locking of the joint, making it difficult to open or close your mouth

Any of these symptoms alone or in combination may suggest a TMJ disorder of some sort. With the diversity of symptoms like this determining the exact cause can be a challenge, however, they are definitely a sign that something is amiss with your TMJ.

So What Causes TMJ?

While potential causes abound, there are some likely culprits for your sudden onset TMJ pain. While chronic TMJ may be caused by damage to the joint, arthritis, or illness, sudden TMJ has a different set of likely causes. Trauma or damage to the jaw itself is a likely one. As with any joint, the jaw can be bruised, dislocated, or suffer other damage if it sustains impact of some kind. So if you’ve had an accident or a blow to the jaw, that might be the root cause of your TMJ even if it manifests days later. Likewise grinding your teeth, also known as bruxism, may cause TMJ. Speaking of teeth—oral health issues may also cause jaw pain, so a damaged tooth or gum disease might be the problem.

For short term TMJ, massage and hot compresses may prove an effective home treatment. If the pain lasts more than a day or two, it’s important to seek medical advice. TMJ may seem a small thing, but it can indicate big problems and your doctor or dentist can determine the best course of action.  

TMJ Problems – What Are They, and What Can I Do About Them?

TMJ stands for Temporomandibular Joint, which is the hinge that connects your jaw to your skull near your ears. You may hear someone say “I have TMJ” – they probably mean “I have TMD or TMJ,” which is the disorder associated with the temporomandibular joint involving pain, numbness, or stiffness around your jaw. But resist the urge to correct your friends with this knowledge; generally, “TMJ” intimates a problem with the jaw hinge or surrounding muscles and tendons, and is often very uncomfortable or even painful.

Do I have TMJ?

Symptoms of TMJ can be similar to those experienced from tooth decay or gum disease, as these ailments can affect the jaw joint. However, there are a few telling symptoms that separate TMJ from other jaw disorders. On one or both sides of your face, you may experience:

• Pain, discomfort, or tenderness around the jaw joint or ear, often accompanied by tension in your neck and shoulders
• Pain or difficulty opening and closing your mouth, chewing, swallowing, or speaking
• Popping, clicking, or grating sounds when you chew or open and close your mouth
• Swelling around the jaw joint
• Feeling as though your teeth aren’t fitting together properly when you close your mouth

Often, TMJ is accompanied by headache or neck ache, toothache, earache or tinnitus. This discomfort may stem from the jaw joint and affect the surrounding muscles as they try to overcompensate for the misalignment of the jaw.

Causes

Although there’s no overarching cause of TMJ, most dentists believe that injury to the jaw muscle or the joint itself, whether suddenly or over time, contributes most heavily to jaw pain. These types of causes include:

• Grinding, clenching, tight facial muscles due to stress, an ill-fitting retainer, or any other
• gradual trigger that puts pressure on the jaw joint
• Whiplash or a hard hit to the jaw, or jaw dislocation and replacement
• Arthritis

To diagnose TMJ, your dentist may have to take X-rays or rule out other causes like sinus infection or gum disease. In some cases, diagnosing a TMJ disorder is as simple for your dentist as putting his hands on either side of your jaw joint while you open and close your mouth; if your pain is caused by a misaligned jaw, your dentist will be able to feel the disc popping out slightly when you open your mouth. Make sure to let your dentist know if you are conscious of any grinding or clenching, or if you’ve had a recent injury to your jaw.

Treatment

For mild to moderate cases of TMJ, home treatment is recommended and can provide the same relief as inpatient treatment. For the first few days after you notice jaw pain or discomfort, following these steps can prevent further irritation and pain to your face.

• Take painkillers like Acetaminophen or Ibuprofen, which can be acquired over-the-counter and may help reduce swelling and tension in addition to relieving pain.
• Heat, ice, repeat. Using heat or cold packs, apply with gentle pressure for 10-20 minutes. When choosing between hot or cold, go with whatever gives you the most relief.
• Stretch or do yoga. Sometimes, relieving tension in other parts of your body can lessen the tension in your jaw. If you’re a yogi, do some gentle stretches – nothing that will jostle your neck or head – or follow a guided meditation. Massage can also provide tension-reducing effects.
• Avoid hard foods and unnecessary impact. Maybe consider rescheduling that whitewater rafting trip. Eating soft foods and cutting tougher foods into small pieces can reduce the stress to your jaw and will prevent the need to open your mouth wide, which can incite pain.
• Keep your teeth slightly apart, or consider wearing a retainer if you tend to grind or clench your teeth while you sleep.

If your TMJ is severe or can’t be resolved with at-home treatment, your dentist may prescribe stronger painkillers or suggest dental work. If you have missing teeth or gum disease, addressing these problems in-office may reduce the painful symptoms of TMJ.

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TMJ on One Side

Many people experience TMJ symptoms, but tend to get them on just one side. They often ask us if it’s possible to develop temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ) on one side. The answer is: yes, but it’s usually not just that side that’s affected. As the condition progresses, new symptoms will likely show that both joints are affected.

Why TMJ Might Develop on Just One Side

Ideally, the temporomandibular joints should be closely matched. The two should experience balanced forces that don’t impact one more than the other. However, it’s really not uncommon for people to have uneven forces on their jaw joints.

One of the biggest causes of uneven force on the jaw joints is trauma. You might get hit on one side of the jaw, causing serious trauma to one of the jaw joints. Ironically, though, that might not be the joint that ends up causing problems. It’s also possible that when one joint gets hurt, you might favor it, and in the process create a habit of stressing the other jaw joint. The repeated stress on this jaw joint can then lead to damage.

Speaking of habits, your habits can lead to damage to one jaw joint over the other. If you are right-handed, for example, you might be more likely to chew on the nails of your right hand, or put a pen in the right side of your mouth and then bite down on it. This can create imbalanced forces on the jaw joints.

It’s not just your hands that are affected by handedness, either. Many people tend to chew on one side of their mouth much more than the other. This doesn’t just show up when you’re chewing, either. If you have bruxism, you’re likely clenching and grinding more on one side than the other, too.

Symptoms Will Likely Spread

But while TMJ symptoms like popping and clicking, jaw pain, and ringing in the ear might start on one side, it likely won’t stay isolated to one joint. That’s because the two joints are designed to work together, and eventually mechanisms will transfer the dysfunction to the second joint.

For example, biting, chewing, and grinding on one side of the mouth will initially stress the jaw joint on that side, but as the dysfunction continues, the teeth will be worn down on that side. This will cause the jaw to tilt, which not only leads to an uneven facial appearance, it can put stress on both joints and muscles on both sides of the head.

In addition, because of the way the jaw moves together, irregular motion on one side of the jaw can lead to irregular stress on the opposing jaw joint as well as the one where the irregular motion is originating.

And then there’s the tendency to compensate. When one jaw joint is causing you problems, you might favor the other one, which can lead to additional stress and dysfunction.

Correct Problems Before Symptoms Spread

If you are experiencing TMJ symptoms on one side of your jaw, you might not take them seriously at first. They’re on one side, you can compensate or deal with them. But leaving symptoms untreated can cause them to worsen and may lead to them spreading to the opposite joint.

If you are experiencing TMJ symptoms, either on one or both sides, it’s important to get it treated early before the symptoms worsen. If you’re looking for TMJ treatment in Denver, please call (303) 691-0267 today for an appointment with a TMJ dentist at the TMJ Therapy & Sleep Center of Colorado.

3 Reasons Your Jaw Joint Pops When You Chew

Why some people develop irritating and sometimes painful jaw popping when they chew is not clear. The popping is symptomatic of trauma to the temporomandibular, or jaw, joint. As a result of the damage to the joint, you might experience headaches, jaw pain and even earaches. Medical professionals refer to this group of symptoms temporomandibular disorders, or TMD. Certain situations put you at risk for developing TMD. Consider three reasons you might be feeling that popping and clicking sensation when you chew.

A Little about TMD

The jaw joint works on a hinge system, one on each side of the face. As you chew food, the hinges are opening and closing. TMD is the result of a dysfunction of the muscles of mastication; the ones that move the jawbone up and down. The noises you hear are your body’s way of telling you that the jaw movement is compromised.

TMD is a fairly common problem among adults. There are multiple factors capable of causing the symptoms that define this condition. Your dentist will evaluate the jaw structure and listen for the telltale popping sound associated with TMD. X-rays and scans provide detailed images of the joint, so you can get a better idea of what is going on.

What Causes TMD?

There is a delicate balance at work that moves the jaw up and down. TMD indicates something has come out of balance in one or both joints. Usually by the time pain and popping occur; there is a physical deformity of some sort at play such as:

• Disk erosion
• Damaged cartilage
• Joint damage due to physical trauma

The causes are not always clear cut, however. It takes a dental professional to sort through the possibilities and design a treatment plan.

Grinding

Tooth grinding, or bruxism, is one factor in the development of temporomandibular disorders. Most people clench their teeth, especially when under stress. Some, however, do it unconsciously and even as they sleep. This grinding creates abnormal wear patterns on the surface of the teeth. Grinding also tightens the muscle around the joint. Long term straining of these muscles might damage the delicate balance required to keep the jaw joints working in sync.

If the dentist determines grinding is a factor for you, he will create a mouth guard designed to protect the teeth. You may need to look for ways to manage stress, as well, or require a muscle relaxant to allow the connective tissue time to heal.

Bite Misalignment

A jaw-popping between the two joints, putting excess stress on one of them. The pain and popping will be more prevalent on one side if bite misalignment is the cause. You may also hear ringing in the ear on that side. Bite misalignment is a dental problem that can cause grinding and clenching of the teeth, as well.

How the dentist goes about correcting a bite misalignment depends on the location and severity. In some cases, an orthodontic treatment like Invisalign will help relieve the pressure. Reshaping or reconstruction may work in less pronounced cases or when teeth are broken or missing.

Arthritis of the Temporomandibular Joint

Arthritis is a medical term that refers to inflammation that affects the way joints move. Simply put, the same thing that makes knees creak and elbows pop can affect the jaw joints, as well. If the dentist determines arthritis is the cause of the TMD, he may prescribe physical therapy with ultrasound to strengthen the jaw muscles. Over the counter pain medication and muscle relaxants will also provide relief.

Whatever the cause of the popping you feel in your jaw, the dentist is your first stop. He will diagnose the problem and create a comprehensive treatment plan to help the jaw heal properly to relieve the symptoms of TMD.

You Know You Have TMJ When Laughing Hurts

TMJ, formally known as the temporomandibular joint, is a joint that sits just in front of your ear, forming the “hinge” joint for your jaw. While normally this joint moves relatively well, it can become inflamed and sometimes get “stuck”, resulting in pain.  

Some common signs and symptoms for typical TMJ dysfunction:

• Pain or tenderness along the jaw
• Symptoms can occur on one or both sides of the jaw
• Clicking or “locking”
• “popping” sounds in the ear
• Asymmetrical opening/close of your mouth
• Aching pain in or around the ear
• Aching facial pain
• Pain in the temples/headaches
• Pain with chewing, talking, yawing, and laughing
• Poor posture
• Misalignment of your bite
• Stress (which often leads to grinding of the teeth)

Doesn’t sound like too much fun huh? I didn’t think so. 

Although dentists can help with this problem, their typical solution is using a mouthguard at night to avoid excessive grinding. However, did you know that physical therapists treat this issue as well? And TMJ can even result from SITTING!?! I know right! When we look at the person from a whole body perspective, everything is connected to everything else. For instance, if we look at the pelvis, our pelvis has two sides to it and joined together in the back by a wedge-shaped bone, known as your sacrum. Your sacrum is where your body’s center of gravity lies when standing. Think of it using this analogy: you have a table with four legs and in the center of the table is a stack of plates with a bowling ball on top. When the table top (meaning your sacrum/pelvis) is level and stable, there isn’t any issue. But what happens if the table top becomes crooked?? Well think of it like this, when the table top is crooked, it makes one of the table legs shorter than the others; meaning that the stack of plates (meaning your spine) has to move and shift to keep the bowling ball (your head) in the center of gravity. 

So what does this have to do with my jaw pain you ask? Well if we have an imbalance in the pelvis, it actually causes dysfunction up the spine (even down the legs and fee!). A typical treatment with a physical therapist starts with a postural assessment. We check from the front, back, and sides to look for fascial restrictions and imbalances. A slight forward head position is just enough to throw off the mechanics of the jaw, leading to fascial restrictions in the chest, anterior neck, posterior neck, leading into the thoracic spine. Think of the “hunchback” position that we’ve all seen in some people, especially in the geriatric community. Instead of just directly treating pinpoint jaw pain, your issue might actually be stemming from something else; which is why it’s vital for us as physical therapists to find the root cause of your pain, get you out of the pain cycle, and teach you ways to recognize and self treat in the long term to keep dysfunction at bay. If we aren’t teaching you, then what the heck are we doing here?!?!

Interesting factoid: Another patient population that’s impacted by TMJ and head/neck/back pain: adolescent girls. Think about it, females typically undergo puberty a lot sooner than boys do, resulting on growth spurts, typically making females a bit taller than their male classmates during this time. Women aged 18-44 are at an increased risk for TMJ dysfunction. What does this have to do with posture? A lot of teenage girls find their height intimidating and tend to “slump” forward and standing like they’re “hanging off of their joints”, trying not to appear so tall. Well when this happens, cue jaw, neck, shoulder, and back pain. The more you know!

Here are a few exercises to help alleviate jaw pain:

• With your mouth closed, part your teeth and rest your tongue on the roof of your mouth
• Goldfish exercise: partial to full opening, keeping the tongue in contact with the roof of your mouth
• Keeping your tongue in contact with the roof of your mouth to avoid excessive opening during yawning
• Chin tucks in either standing against a wall or lying on the floor
• Resisted opening/closing of the mouth, with your thumb fingers pushing against your chin
• Side to side movement of the jaw (using a tongue depressor or thin cloth in between the teeth
• Forward movement of the jaw (using a tongue depressor or thin cloth in between the teeth)

If you or someone you know is experiencing any symptoms of TMJ dysfunction as stated above, contact one of our specialist myofascial release doctors of physical therapy for relief today at 401-602-7006 to book a complimentary discovery visit!

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Temporomandibular Disorders – Mouth and Dental Disorders

A person with osteoarthritis in a temporomandibular joint needs to rest the jaw as much as possible, use an oral appliance or other device to control muscle tightness, and take an analgesic (such as acetaminophen or an NSAID) for pain. The pain usually goes away in 6 months with or without treatment. Even without treatment, most of the symptoms subside, probably because the band of tissue behind the disk becomes scarred and functions like the original disk. Usually, jaw movement is sufficient for normal activities, though the jaw may not open as wide as it used to. The oral appliance is usually worn while asleep, but it is sometimes also worn while awake.

Rheumatoid arthritis of the temporomandibular joint is treated with the drugs used for rheumatoid arthritis Drugs for Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory arthritis in which joints, usually including those of the hands and feet, are inflamed, resulting in swelling, pain, and often destruction of joints…. read more of any joint. NSAIDs may be given for severe pain. Maintaining joint mobility and preventing fusion of the joint are particularly important. Usually, the best way to accomplish these goals is by exercising the jaw under a physical therapist’s direction. To relieve symptoms, particularly muscle tightness, the person wears an oral appliance during sleep. If joint fusion prevents all movement of the jaw, the person may need surgery and, in rare cases, an artificial joint to restore jaw mobility.

Infectious arthritis is treated with antibiotics, proper hydration, pain control, and restriction of movement. Penicillin is usually the antibiotic used initially, until test results determine the type of bacteria present and thus the best antibiotic to use. Pus in the joint, if present, may be removed with a needle. Once the infection is controlled, people do jaw-opening exercises to help prevent scarring and limitation of motion.

Traumatic arthritis is treated with NSAIDs and corticosteroids (drugs that reduce inflammation and ease its symptoms such as swelling, redness, and pain), application of heat, a soft diet, and restriction of jaw movement.

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What is dental occlusion?

Dental occlusion is another name for the way your teeth meet when your jaws bite together.

What kind of problems might I have?

If your teeth don’t fit together properly, you can have problems not only in your teeth themselves, but also in the gums, the temporo-mandibular joint or the muscles that move your jaw.

These problems are called ‘occlusal’ problems. Dental occlusion is another name for the way your teeth meet when your jaws bite together.

Teeth

Teeth that are out of line, heavily worn or constantly breaking, fillings that fracture or crowns that work loose may all be signs of occlusal problems. Your teeth may also be tender to bite on or may ache constantly.

Gums

Loose teeth or receding gums can be made worse by an incorrect bite.

TMJ

The letters TMJ are short for ‘temporo-mandibular joint’, which is the joint connecting your lower jaw and your skull. The movement in this joint lets you open and close your mouth and chew from side to side.

Clicking, grinding or pain in your jaw joints, ringing or buzzing in your ears and difficulty in opening or closing your mouth could all be due to your teeth not meeting each other properly.

Muscles

If your jaw is in the wrong position, the muscles that move the jaw have to work a lot harder and can get tired. This leads to muscle spasm. The main symptoms are continual headaches or migraine, especially first thing in the morning; pain behind your eyes; sinus pain and pains in your neck and shoulders. Sometimes even back muscles are involved.

How can I tell if I have a problem?

Many people have imperfect occlusion and missing teeth, yet never have symptoms because they adjust to their problems. Occasionally, in times of increased stress and tension, the symptoms may appear and then go away immediately. Or, your teeth and gums may be affected straight away and, instead of headaches, you may suffer from:

• Toothache with no apparent cause.

If you think you have any of these problems, ask your dentist. 

You may find that you clench or grind your teeth, although most people who do aren’t aware of it. Sometimes this can be caused by anxiety, but generally most people clench their teeth when they are concentrating on a task – housework, gardening, car mechanics, using a keyboard and so on.

You may wake up in the morning with a stiff jaw or tenderness when you bite together. This could be due to clenching or grinding your teeth in your sleep. Most people who grind their teeth do it while they are asleep and may not know they are doing it.

If you suffer from severe headaches, or neck and shoulder pain, you may not have linked this with possible jaw problems. Or you may keep having pain or discomfort on the side of your face around your ears or jaw joints or difficulty in moving your jaw. These are all symptoms of TMJ problems.

If you are missing some teeth at the back of your mouth, this may lead to an unbalanced bite, which can cause uneven pressure on your teeth.

Together, all these symptoms are called ‘TMJ syndrome’.

How are these problems treated?

See your dentist. They may be able to help you or may refer you to a specialist who deals with occlusal problems.

Depending on the symptoms you are having, it can be possible to spot the signs of an occlusal problem. Various muscles may be sore when tested, or the broken and worn areas of your teeth will show you are grinding your teeth – a common sign of an incorrect bite.

Relaxation

Counseling and relaxation therapy may help in some cases. These techniques help the patient to become more aware of stressful situations and to control tension.

Diet and exercise

As with any joint pain, it can help to put less stress on the joint. So a soft diet can be helpful, as can corrective exercises and applying heat. Physiotherapy exercises can often help, and your dental team may be able to show some of these to you.  

Dental guard

There are ready to wear devices available which are designed to protect the teeth and help prevent the TMJ from clenching and grinding.

Tooth adjustment (equilibration)

Your teeth may need to be carefully adjusted to meet evenly. Changing the direction and position of the slopes that guide your teeth together can often help to reposition the jaw.

If your dentist suspects that your symptoms are due to an incorrect bite, they may help to improve the problem by giving you a hard plastic appliance that fits over your upper or lower teeth. This appliance needs to be measured and fitted very accurately so that when you bite on it, all your teeth meet at exactly the same time in a position where your muscles are relaxed. You may have to wear this all the time or just at night. If the appliance relieves your symptoms then your bite may need to be corrected permanently. Relief in some patients is instant: in others it can take a long time.

Replacement of teeth

The temporo-mandibular joint needs equal support from both sides of both jaws. The chewing action is designed to work properly only when all your teeth are present and in the correct position. Missing teeth may need to be replaced either with a partial denture or a bridge.

Your dentist will not usually replace missing teeth until they are certain you have occlusal problems.

Medication

Certain drugs can help in some cases, but this is usually only temporary. Hormone replacement therapy may also help some women.

Will straightening my teeth help?

If your teeth are too far out of line or in a totally incorrect bite position, you may need to have an orthodontic appliance (brace) fitted to move them into a better position.

How many people suffer from these problems?

Up to 1 in 4 people may have some symptoms. Both men and women are equally affected, although women tend to ask for treatment more often than men. The symptoms can often start with the menopause or other hormonal changes.

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Does your jaw hurt near your ear? This is the temporomandibular joint, you have temporomandibular joint dysfunction, arthrosis, or temporomandibular joint arthritis. We will compose an effective TMJ treatment in Moscow. Often, these complaints of pain are precisely localized, such as, for example, the jaw near the ear on the left hurts.There are clinical situations with an indication of discomfort, manifested both at rest and when moving the jaw. So, in a number of cases, complaints are noted in the form of an indication that the jaw near the ear on the right hurts when chewing. In all of these cases, the temporomandibular joint is involved, and there is a pronounced dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint to one degree or another. Toothache is one of the most common forms of pain in the maxillofacial area. 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Facial injuries (contusion, dislocation, fracture). Symptoms include jaw pain, facial swelling, and fever. An abscess is a disease resulting from infection of the pulp with advanced caries. The temporomandibular joint is responsible for the work of the jaw.What is the temporomandibular joint – TMJ. We use this joint when talking, chewing, yawning, laughing – very often. Around it are muscles and tendons that allow the jaw to move in different directions for different purposes. Problems with temporomandibular joint (TMJ) arise for many reasons: a violation of the dentition, for example, congenital anomalies of teeth, gums or bone tissue, bite defects, trauma, poor-quality prosthetics; congenital anatomical abnormalities of this joint; increased or decreased tone of muscle fibers around the TMJ. Arthrosis of the jaw joint – restraining pain.The human jaw joint is quite complex, because we can move the jaw back and forth, left and right, and even in a circle. 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90,000 What should I do if my jaw clicks when I open my mouth or chew? This is interesting

Why does the jaw click?

When chewing, talking, yawning, a click can be heard in the jaw, most often it does not cause any pain, but often it causes discomfort.Many even get used to this sound and stop paying attention to it altogether, but this lasts exactly until pain joins the click.

Unfortunately, clicking in the mandibular joint is just a symptom of the disease, but which one will have to be found out by the attending dentist. The most common cause of clicks is the ligaments that surround the joint capsule.

Why is this happening?

– Muscle tone, it can occur due to excessive compression of the jaws, for example, when doing certain sports

– Dislocation of the jaw and any other trauma

– The presence of an extensive carious process in the oral cavity with tooth decay, damaged dentures, improperly installed fillings

– Bruxism, better known as gnashing of teeth

– Joint fatigue, joint subluxation

– Arthritis of the mandibular joint

Diagnostics

Unfortunately, we go to the dentist when the disease has already started and it is almost impossible to find its root cause.

– If clicks occur during chewing, it is likely that we are dealing with a dysfunctional TMJ disorder, this is not a disease, but a pathological condition, often accompanied by headaches

– If you have clicks after diseases such as otitis media, purulent tonsillitis, purulent processes in the oral cavity, there is reason to talk about the presence of arthritis, such clicks are always accompanied by pain in the joint and can lead to a violation of the structure of the joint

– Malocclusion, in particular when the lower teeth overlap the upper ones, can cause clicks when opening the mouth

– If clicks occur with pain in the morning hours, and by the evening these symptoms usually disappear, we can talk about arthrosis, this is a dystrophic disease that is chronic and develops for a very long time

What to do if the jaw clicks?

The very first thing to do is see an experienced dental surgeon.The doctor will conduct the necessary examinations and prescribe treatment. Be prepared for the fact that it will be quite long, you may need to correct treatment from other specialists: a dentist, periodontist and orthodontist. The most severe cases are dealt with by maxillofacial surgeons in the hospital.

Home treatment methods

We are categorically against self-medication, but there are situations when the pain was taken by surprise and a visit to the dentist in the next day is not possible, then several procedures will help to alleviate your condition for a short time:

– Apply a wet, cool towel to the joint for 10-15 minutes, such a compress will help in the presence of inflammation in the joint

– Hot compress will help with arthrosis

– Rinse with sage or calendula decoction, to relieve inflammation and pain

Prevention

Prevention is simple

– Solve dental problems in a timely manner, do not neglect going to your dentist every six months

– If you have a jaw injury, be sure to see the dentist, even if the injury seems insignificant to you

– Timely solutions are required not only for dental, but also for ENT diseases

Wisdom tooth hurts what to do? Where does the pain from a wisdom tooth send

The jaw tightens, and the pain from the gums radiates even to the throat, head, ear.Anything can be the cause of this malaise. But, most likely, your wisdom tooth still began to erupt. Almost every person goes through this state. The growth of the so-called “eight” is almost always associated with painful sensations. What to do? It’s time to go to the dentist – to develop a plan of action that is optimal specifically for your situation.

CONTENTS

1. Wisdom tooth – why is it needed?
2. How to understand that a wisdom tooth hurts?
3. Wisdom tooth hurts what to do?
4. Whether or not to delete is the question
5. A word to the doctor

Wisdom tooth – why is it needed?

The notorious “eight”, or wisdom tooth, is a special tooth in many ways.It is called an eight because it is eighth in a row, if you count from the center of the dentition. What does wisdom have to do with it? The fact is that each of these teeth (the location is the upper and lower jaw, at the end of the dentition, right and left) begins to erupt already in adult, “wise” age – on average, from 18 to 30 years.

Fortunately, a person cannot have more than four wisdom teeth. (Although there is a known case when representatives of some peoples of the Australian archipelago even grew up with “nines”.) For an ordinary modern person, the “eight” is a rudiment – that is, no longer carries almost any functional load. In fact, 28 teeth are already enough for us. Why not 32, as was commonly believed before?

The figure 8 is of the molars type. Molars are the sixth, seventh and eighth teeth in the permanent dentition. They are designed to chew on the roughest food. Ancient people ate just such food. But as mankind developed, food became more and more carefully processed, more and more soft.The eight began to lose its importance, and its growth from the point of view of evolution is no longer justified.

Many dentists recommend getting rid of the eights right away as soon as the opportunity arises. In fact, it is not necessary to remove the “third molars” – since they can also be beneficial, for example:

• make the dentition more stable;
• can take stress off the main chewing teeth;
• serve as a support for a bridge.

Already in 8% of people in the world, wisdom teeth do not begin to cut (it is curious that girls often lack lower eights, and men have upper eights). Since, thanks to evolution, the human jaw is gradually decreasing in length – in the future the number of such people will increase. But so far, for most people, the eight is still forming and germinating. And its appearance is often accompanied by an extremely unpleasant symptom – severe pain.

How to understand that a wisdom tooth hurts?

According to statistics, in 78% of cases, the eruption of eights is associated with one or another complication.The main reason a wisdom tooth grows with severe pain is because it cuts through the gum. A logical question arises: why do molars grow less painfully in children? Because in a child, unlike an adult, the gum is still soft and not fully formed.

Then why does the wisdom tooth begin to cut so late, in adulthood? Perhaps because the evolutionary need for them is gradually decreasing.

Actually, it’s not too late. The buds of eights are formed at the age of 5-7 years, and the roots – at 15-17.However, there is a case when a wisdom tooth erupted at 92 years old (with the Austrian pensioner Ingeborga Wolf-Wimmer, she entered the Guinness Book of Records in 2014) – but this, of course, is an exception to the general rule.

Where can the pain from a wisdom tooth radiate to? What are the most telling signs that your wisdom tooth is actively growing?

• pain in the jaw, radiating to the temple, head, ear;
• Swelling and inflammation of the gums at the end of the dentition;
• Severe itching sensation in the gums;
• increase in the lymph nodes closest to the location of the eight;
• fever;
• Pain and sore throat, difficulty swallowing;
• inability to open the mouth wide, and others.

Each such symptom indicates a high probability of having problems with one of the eights. The painful sensation can be relieved for a short time with pain relievers or antipyretic drugs. But at some point, a person will still be forced to make a decision on treatment or even removal of the problematic eight.

Wisdom tooth hurts what to do?

Painful growth of the eighth tooth is associated with several reasons:

• Non-standard cutting.
  The Eight grows for the first time, there is no milk tooth in front of it – which would “pave the way” for the root. Therefore, almost always it begins to erupt crookedly – towards the tongue, cheeks, or, even worse, rests against the adjacent molar.
• Closeness from other teeth.
  When the gums and dentition are already formed, the “beginner” simply does not have enough space among the other teeth, and he has to “push” them.
• Soft tissue obstruction.
  The gum can block the growth of the tooth – part of the crown may remain under it.This phenomenon also has unpleasant consequences: the so-called. a hood, a pocket made of soft tissues – where food debris is clogged, where bacteria accumulate, etc.
• Neuritis.
  A crooked eruption or position of a wisdom tooth can clamp various nerves – the figure eight itself, molars adjacent to it, or even the entire jaw.

Quite often, a symptom such as pain emanating from this unusual tooth also indicates the presence of dental pathologies:

• caries;
• periodontitis;
• pulpitis;
• tartar deposits – due to which the gums become inflamed;
• cyst at the neck of the tooth and many others.

Only a dentist is able to determine exactly what is the cause of toothache, and as far as possible and advisable to maintain the figure eight.

Whether or not to delete is the question

Here are several factors that lead to a decision that it is imperative to remove a wisdom tooth.

• Problematic eruption of the figure 8, which leads to pain, chronic inflammation of the gums, destruction of adjacent molars, malocclusion, damage to the jaw joint (TMJ), etc.n. pathologies.
• Difficult hygiene and treatment associated with too deep planting, crooked roots and other reasons.
• Retention – i.e. an obstacle in the form of a gingival hood so that the wisdom tooth can grow freely.
• Orthodontics (eg, braces) – the removal of a figure 8 will help the rest of the teeth to get into the correct position.

Under what circumstances would a dentist recommend maintaining an 8?

• Plans for prosthetics in the absence of six and seven.
• Availability of so-called antagonist tooth – i.e. the tooth on the opposite side of the jaw, which is in contact with the crown with the figure eight intended to be removed.
• Medical contraindications (pregnancy, oncology, hypertension and others).

When there are no serious reasons either in favor or against the removal of a wisdom tooth, a person himself decides on the fate of his third molars. If his jaw is flexible enough to open his mouth wide enough for dental treatment, and he does not feel gag reflexes while performing it, then it may make sense to allow his wisdom teeth to cut and grow under the regular supervision of a dentist.

A word to the doctor

Oleg Baglaev,

Orthopedist, surgeon:

Wisdom tooth hurts what to do? You will most likely have to delete it.

Of course, each case is not like the other, but the extraction of the figure eight is most often a rather painful process. Depending on the situation, the dentist performs a simple or so-called. complex tooth extraction. Simple – when the figure 8 is removed like any other tooth (usually the figure 8 of the upper jaw).Complex includes:

• gingival incision,
• tooth boring,
• suturing.

The sutures should be removed no earlier than 5-6 days after the operation (the dentist, however, can also use self-absorbable sutures). Of course, the postoperative recovery following a difficult removal is not a pleasant feeling. But getting rid of problematic wisdom teeth in a timely manner will avoid much greater problems with them in the future.

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90,000 Jaw cramped! How to eliminate discomfort | Healthy life | Health

Head sideways

Discomfort in the jaw is most often associated with malfunctions in the temporomandibular joint formed by the head of the lower jaw and the tubercle of the temporal bone, which, together with the articular disc, are enclosed in an articular capsule. The movements in this joint are very complex: they are carried out not only by the chewing muscle, but also by six more adjacent muscles.The movements of the lower jaw help us not only while eating, but also in the process of talking, laughing, and coughing.

It is not surprising that the temporomandibular joint, according to medical observations, serves as the center of balance for the entire human body. With a symmetrical position of the lower jaw, the muscles of the head do not experience tension, and the displacement of the lower jaw in any direction leads to an imbalance of the head. Malfunctions in this area affect the muscles of the head, neck, temporomandibular joints, cranial nerves and cause chronic pain on one side or, less often, on both sides of the face, head.Usually, such a state has a very depressing effect on the patient, he completely “loses himself” and is not able to think about anything other than eliminating pain.

Pain can appear in the morning, during the day or in the evening, it depends on different types of joint damage and it is important for the doctor to make a diagnosis.

To the dentist!

The cause of the discomfort may be related to the incorrect position of the teeth. In this case, you will need the help of a maxillofacial dentist, who will install temporary or permanent splints and prostheses that eliminate the incorrect position of the jaw.

A rehabilitation doctor can help if the pain is caused by increased tone or tension of the masticatory muscles, limited mobility of the lower jaw, discoordination of contractions of the masticatory muscles, excessive mobility of the head of the lower jaw (sometimes there is a “click” in the temporomandibular joint).

Pain and clicking disappear after normalization of the function of the masticatory muscles and the joint, except for those cases when deforming arthrosis and inflammation in the joint are diagnosed.Then treatment should begin with the implementation of the recommendations of a rheumatologist and orthopedist.

Attention – to facial expressions!

After complex treatment, patients are advised to use medical pads for the mouth at night. They are made individually by an orthodontist. The pads reduce pain in the joint, an unpleasant feeling of heaviness, fatigue in the chewing muscles, neck muscles, and normalize mouth opening.

In order for this very annoying nuisance not to recur, you need to avoid active conversations while eating, an agitated manner of conversation when a person does not notice what is happening with his facial expressions, as well as hypothermia, which can provoke inflammation in the joint, which makes him more prone to wrong movements, more vulnerable.

Notes

To normalize the movements of the lower jaw, exercises are used that strengthen certain muscle groups, restore the synchronization of their movement and coordination.

When the lower jaw is displaced to the right

Starting position: the lips are open, the jaw is relaxed, the left elbow rests on the table surface, the left chin is on the left hand. Press with the lower jaw on the left hand, and with your hand, without moving it to the side, on the jaw.Then the tension alternates with the maximum possible muscle relaxation: holding your head with your hands, let your jaw hang freely for 30 seconds. Exercises for lateral displacement of the lower jaw to the left are the same, but on the other side.

When the lower jaw is displaced backwards

Starting position: put your elbows on the table surface, the lower jaw rests on both hands and moves forward without opening the mouth until slight pain. It is recommended to alternate slow opening of the mouth with a fast one.After 10 of these movements, do muscle relaxation exercises. For control, do the exercise in front of a mirror.

When clicking in the joint

Starting position: the lips are parted, the tongue is raised, its tip touches the soft palate. The center line is monitored with a mirror. Move the lower jaw back, without lowering or shifting to the side, as if trying to reach the palate with the lower front teeth. Then, for 20 seconds, they perform exercises aimed at relaxing the muscles (starting position – rest your forehead on both palms, elbows on the table surface; the lower jaw “hangs” freely).

It is not recommended to open your mouth too much (the joint should no longer click), bite off and chew solid food, or sing. When yawning, support your chin with your hand.

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