What has been your experience, what symptoms did you have, and how have you treated it, etc?
I'm 22 years old and was recently diagnosed with a severe TMJ disorder. I never really noticed it until it got really bad because I thought the symptoms I'd been having were normal as I've been living with the disorder my whole life. But now it's going from bad to worse and want to do something about it! I'm starting on a treatment plan that will include wearing soft splints, then an orthotic, then maybe eventually some sort of surgery. It will be combined with chiropractic care to help with associated upper back (rhomboid) pain.
Any advice or stories would be greatly appreciated.
2006-07-05 18:33:28 · 4 answers · asked by hhhh 4 in Health ➔ Dental
a nightguard will help. ask your dentist for the best explanation for it. I am a dental assistant, and this will help. You might be able to avoid surgery
2006-07-05 18:38:14 · answer #1 · answered by noe4year 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have TMJ. basically everytime I open and close my mouth there's a popping sound that comes from the mandible not being lined up propperly with excellent and bottom. that's truly painful at situations, i'm getting an excellent style of facial soreness and jaw soreness besides as poor themes. the purely medical look after it truly, except surgical operation is to placed on a fantastically formed mouth safeguard at evening that stops me from grinding my teeth and clenching which could upload to the soreness that is led to by using the TMJ. In genereal, its in simple terms something I even might want to cope with, no gum, no truly chewy nutrition or sweet, not something that makes you pressure once you chunk. good seem on your challenge. desire a number of this enables playstation - evening practice is incorrect. that's TMJ TRANS-mandibular jaw. certain all of us have the joint, yet not all of us has TMJ :P in simple terms occurs that the initials are an same
2016-10-14 04:17:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask your dentist about an NTI, it really helps. Try to relax and not stress out alot. That will help.
2006-07-06 15:04:29 · answer #3 · answered by claudia . 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try to destress your life as much as possible
avoid hard chewy foods for the time being
do not chew gum
follow doctors orders
2006-07-05 18:36:39 · answer #4 · answered by ladyofthehollow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋