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- When I open my mouth I hear and feel the hinge of my jaw grinding loudly. If I sustain the opening for any length of time it will result in a tremendous ache starting in that region and then will eventually encompass my entire head. Have I lost cartilage in joints of the jaw? Am I going to lose opening ability soon? What is going on and is there a way to curtail this seeming degeneration? ...Visitor from TX (answer)
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Hi, last Saturday, I was eating a carmel apple, and my jaw popped out of place.. It used to do it a lot, but it would pop right back into place. This time it didn't go back it. It is still out of place. I don't know if it is Lock Jaw or if it is dislocated or what. But do you think that you could tell me what I could to do fix my jaw? ...Visitor from IL (answer)
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I was kicked by a horse last November in the chin, and it fractured my jaw in six places. There was a plastic surgeon there that fixed my jaw with what I call plates on both sides of my face at the jaw joint and two plates holding my chin together. I also hit my head on both sides, and my right ear has always hurt. My jaw healed but now my jaw doesn't open all the way, and I am in constant pain, nothing seems to help. My dentist sent me to an oral surgeon to have some teeth pulled and the oral surgeon is also a maxofacial surgoen. He sent me to physical therapy but my jaw isn't going to open anymore. He was going to do surgery but I said no because he thought he might not be able to get my jaw open any further and he might paralize my face. Sometime between the two doctors my chin moved a little to the left and the plate on the left side of my face is bent inward. Now I am getting a second opinion from a TMJ/oral and maxofacial surgeon to see if he can help. I am just tring to figure out if I am going to have to live with this pain the rest of my life. I am only 29 years old It is getting to the point now where I don't even want to eat because it hurts to much. My regular doctor put me on Lexapro and Robaxin, but it doesn't really help. The second surgoen is sending me to get and MRI done. He is not sure that surgery will help get rid of the pain. I just don't know what to do anymore. They are also going to pull all my top teeth and put full dentures and partial dentures on the bottom, but before they do that I need to find out if they need to re-break my jaw to fix it again, in hopes that this will get rid of the pain. ...Visitor from CO (answer)
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My daughter called from college (we live overseas) and is having pain about a week and half. She has never had dental problems and didn't get hurt. She has bad pain biting down too hard and back teeth aren't meeting. No clicking in jaw. Wakes up and can barely open mouth until she works it around awhile. Pain is almost constant when not eating also, but not as bad. It's not her wisdom teeth as she has no tenderness in that area
of gums at all. Pain seems at the joints. Do I advise her to go to a
dentist and how do I know which one would treat this problem? Does this
sound like something that may just go away? Could it come from possible
clenching of teeth in night? Never had that problem before but always a
first time. What do I advise her please? ...Visitor from Praia da Vitoria, Azores, Portugal (answer)
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My mother is 67 years old. She has had facial pain for 4 1/2 to 5 years and it continues to worsen. The pain is almost more than she can bear. She has seen many doctors, but none have been able to relieve her pain. Mom has been told that she has TMJ and arthritis in her jaw. They have prescribed various medicines that have not helped. Mom's dentist told
her that he thinks she has a hole in her sinuses because she has drainage
that accumulates in her gum, below her jaw. Mom sniffs and snorts to try
to get the accumulation out of her jaw. After 2-3 weeks she will get some of it to come out. It is a hard substance. Mom has taken samples to two
doctors. One told her that it was an infection and gave her an antibiotic,
while the second did not offer an explanation. Mom's jaw always feels
full, even after she has gotten some of the "stuff" out. Can you offer any
suggestions as to what this may be. Mom needs some relief, some hope.
She does not want to continue living with this pain. ...Visitor from FL (answer)
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I had a sensitive lower left molar. I had a root canal on the tooth and crowned. Before the procedure I was experiencing very mild pain in the jaw below this tooth. After the procedure the pain has increased.
Sometimes it hurts, sometimes it doesn't. It's not unbearable, but it's become a part of my life, dragging me down. The pain is right at the bottom of my jaw and is sore to the touch, as if it were muscles and or nerves. ...Visitor from AL (answer)
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I had polyps removed from my left sinuses almost 2 yrs ago. I now have some soreness and tightness in my left jaw just above my earlobe. I also have pain when I am opening my mouth and also when not doing anything. I get pain when I press my left temple and it feels like there is fluid in my head. What can I take to ease the pain? It gets worse each day. ...Visitor from Toronto, Ontario Canada (answer)
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I have had problems with my teeth ever since I can remember. I have very soft teeth. I would get them filled they would break sometimes into my gum causing me to have it removed. I think the dentist told me I had a 7 mil overbite?? I am 28 and I only have 8 teeth on the top of my mouth. Now I am having major jaw pain. It all started about 4 weeks ago when I had a bad headache. It hasn't gone away. Could the jaw pain be from my teeth or maybe I have tmj??? I am at the point where I am just going to get the remainder of my teeth pulled and get a top plate. My bottom teeth are fine. ...Visitor from NJ (answer)
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For the past year or so I have had chronic sinus problems on my left side - fluid in the left ear, congestion on the left side of my sinus, occasional ear ache. I also have had a sensitive tooth on the left side with near the gum line for a few years as well. At my exam 12 months ago I explained the tooth sensitivity to the dentist and he studied the x-ray and didn't see anything wrong. In the last 2 months or so, I have been experiencing a dull ache in my jaw under the general sensitive tooth area. I don't seem to have any swelling, no pain when I touch my jaw or tooth area. Would a root canal ease this pain or do you think it is TMJ that has similar symptoms. I am also concerned that since it has been so long, that I could have an even bigger problem than that. What can happen if there has been infection of something of that nature for that long in the tooth or jaw?
...Visitor from Alaska (answer)
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Raised bite and mouthguards: I have had my bite raised about 3 years ago by a denstist who
filled all of my lower teeth by a few mm as he said my bite needs to be raised. He also gave me some plastic mouthgauards for top and bottom teeth which I wear soemtimes. Now I am feeling a little sore in the jaw sometimes, I feel pain and discomfort. I have also had headaches sometimes. My teeth are bending inward and my mouth is very small. Could this joint pain be because of the raised bite? Or the mouthguards? What should I do for short term relief and long term? Should I go to an orthodontist and use something like invisalign? I am 36 years old. ...Visitor from London, England (answer)
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Jaw bone infection: I had a tooth extracted over a year ago. I developed a jaw bone infection that was treated for about 6 wks and then was told not to worry unless my face became swollen or red. Four months later I went to an oral surgeon who took an x-ray and found a large piece of broken bone in my jaw and I had oral surgery. He scraped a large area of the jaw bone and it seems to be better but sometimes I feel the same nausea that I felt all during the months while the infection was not being treated. Are there consequences or damage resulting from this? I also suffered from hearing loss on one side but it is possibly just coincidental. Is this possible? I have TMJ and the area of the jaw near the ear that is in question, is moderately swollen, but that doesn't seem to be a concern. For too many months I felt like a hypochondriac always having aches pains and complaints. I am not in the least interested in going to a doctor, but I have to admit I worry about this sometimes. Can infection from the jaw bone travel? The joints in my elbow, hip and knee are experiencing some strange pains that radiate occasionally with some swelling around the joints. Have I gone crazy? Could this be in some way connected to the jaw bone disease I had? I am 47 years old and thought I was quite healthy, now I just seem to have one complaint after another..? ...Visitor from VT (answer)
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I am wearing braces and for several months now I am suffering from jaw pain especially in the morning when i open my mouth. It all started when my lower premolars on both sides had been extracted and they slowly started moving to close the gaps in between. I told my dentist about it and she said just put on hot and cold compress for 30 minutes a day, the pain is just due to a stress in the teeth. I doubt though that that was the reason why my jaw hurts. Im thinking that this could be more than just stress she was talking about. Then i tried to search the internet and found out that jaw pain can be caused by bad bite. Is the pain in my jaw maybe caused by the extraction of teeth? Is it possible that the pain will be gone once my teeth has been corrected? Will the pain in my jaw be gone as
a result of my teeth being corrected? ...Visitor from Yigo, Guam (answer)
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For the last couple of years, I've indulged in a probably bad habit of stretching my cheek muscles by shifting my lower jaw to the right, and then to the left, etc. On occasion when I do this, whatever side I'm stretching will pop, and for an hour or so afterward, if I make that stretching movement again, I can hear a sort of grinding. I wanted to give you that as background, but I don't recall having popped my jaw in this way within the last couple of weeks, which is when the right side of my jaw, very far in back near where the joint must be, began hurting. It hurts when I open my mouth wide, and when I make that stretching motion on that side of my face, which I find myself doing unintentionally just while eating,
working a piece of food out of my teeth, things like that. Should I be concerned about this? Do I need to see a doctor, or is this something that I can expect to correct itself at some point? Any thoughts on what the problem? ...Visitor from WA, DC (answer)
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My Mom is 87 years old and has osteoporosis. She's been complaining for the last few months of jaw pain on the left side of her face that starts at the joint by the ear and extends to the lower jaw. Recently
the pain has become severe and she's noticed that she can't hear out of that ear and the pain is beginning to extend down to the gland. The pain is not all day, but more severe in the morning when she opens her mouth or on and off during the day, especially when she needs to chew. For sometime she thought is was from problems with getting dentures that fit her properly, and she's had a terrible time getting dentures that do not produce ulcerations in the gum. But lately there are no ulcerations at all and has determined the pain is not from irritated gums. ...Visitor from MD (answer)
- Jaw / ear pain: A few months ago, I had root canals in two lower molars (one each on left and right side of my mouth) and they both resulted in increased pain. An endodontist re-treated each of them a few weeks ago. A full month later, both teeth continue to be ultra-sensitive to biting pressure, and even a toothbrush. If I sleep on my side, my entire jaw and ear will be painful the next day. Sometimes jaw and ear pain happen with no discernible triggers. I cannot chew anything harder than mashed potatoes, applesauce or occassionally over-cooked pasta. What are possible causes? ...Visitor from NJ (answer)
- TMJ disorder / disc displacement: IS there any hope for my TMJ pain. My jaw would dislocate to
where I had to rub on the outside of me cheek hard to get it to pop back in. One doctor determined it was muscular and treated with a splint that immediatley made my jaw dislocate all the time especially at night. So an MRI was scheduled where it was discovered that both discs were being misplaced when I opened. I had surgey on both jaws 4 years ago. However they have still never been right. Immediately after surgery I was limited to how far I could open my mounth, despite therapy with a machine. I cannot move my jaws
back and forth and cannot bring my bottom jaw forward to meet up with my top front teeth (I have always had an overbite). About a week or two after surgery I got a cortizone shot in one of my jaw joints because it was so painful nothing could even touch it. About 2 weeks later after the shot (because of pain) I had the Jaw flushed. Nothing has helped. I put up with the pain that seemed to lessen until now. The popping and pain has returned to my right jaw and occasionally it will pop out of place. It is affecting my eating, talking, sleeping and causing headaches and I work full time so this is not easy. It will sometimes pop just from me swallowing (without my teeth touching each other). I am getting very concerned but do not want another surgery so I keep putting off getting it re-looked at. Is there anything I
can do or will I have to just live with it? ...Visitor from VA (answer)
- Lower Left Jaw Pain, burning: I have recently started having pain in my lower left jaw. It feels like its in the bone). I also have ear pain and a stiff sore neck up into the back of my head on
the left side. The ear pain and neck problems just started, but I've also experienced feeling numb or burning pains in my left shoulder. I don't have any hot/cold sensations when eating/drinking. My wisdom tooth was removed several years ago. Who can I see in Oklahoma? ...Visitor from OK (answer)
- Jaw Impact Trauma: I got into a car accident about 2 1/2 years ago and my face hit the steering wheel. For about the first 2 years, every time I would open my mouth my jaw would crack. When I would wake up in the mornings I wouldn't be able to open my mouth completely so I would have to rub it for about 20 minutes then everything would be fine. One morning, about 6 months ago, I woke up and rubbed my jaw like I did every morning but my jaw would not open. Now it is hard for me to eat many things because my jaw won't open all the way and when I yawn it hurts really bad to open my mouth. My doctor tells me just to take some motrin and put a hot compress on my jaw but it still hurts. What can I do to fix this problem? ...Visitor from NY (answer)
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