2yrs ago i got popping jaw because i was biting a towel and then moving my jaw back and forth, and then suddenly it snaps now I'm very concerned about since then, what should i do about this can someone help
Find a dentist who is an expert in the TMJ, preferably one who uses either CBCT scans (a 3D form of X-ray) or MRI images to diagnose the situation. The images will help them see what is going on and hopefully propose the right treatment.
2 years ago my jaw suddenly started to make those popping sounds, especially on the left, and for me, the main cause was that i did A LOT of bruxism. After i learned to never doing it again all seemed to go well. Then last year, one morning i had to vomit really bad and i heard the pops after a long time. Now all i have is pain when i eat. Also my jaw seems to be slightly shifted?? Can someone help?
Your best action will be to find a dentist who is also a TMJ specialist. Preferably someone who has a CBCT (an advanced type of x-ray) which can give 3D views of the TMJ, or who regularly uses MRIs to analyze what is going on. You want someone treating you based on an accurate view of your joint, not someone who assumes they know the state of your TMJs based on your symptoms. The sooner you get attention the better as if one of your discs is displaced, and it sounds like that's the case, the longer it is displaced the more difficult it is to treat the joint.
I don't have have any pain in this area but when I open my mouth wider while stucking fingers in my ear I feel clicking sound on my left jawline. What should I do someone please help me
Find a dentist who understands the TMJ, they should be able to check what is going on and let you know if it's an issue you need to be concerned about.
Ive ground my jaw and teeth for 57 years....ouch yes painful ....and want implants....good luck right? I figure once my jaw is reconstructed and bone grafting and gum tissue grafting I might be able to think about implants. Well I guess thats what ill be doing in retirement...
Hello sir, I have a question, I would be very grateful if you give me feedback. There is a mandibular manipulation to realign the disc for disc displacement, can opening the condyle downwards a little too much while doing this manipulation cause any damage to our jaw? Can the structures there be damaged? Based on the jaw dislocation, it seems to me that there is no damage.
Maybe this is beyond your field and into bio-med but why is not some flexibility build into implants to mimic that of natural teeth? I understand why it would not be in the bone to implant interface but anywhere above that, including between the crown and post can add a bit of cushion. And in that location if the flexible interface becomes damaged or torn is is much easier to repair than something deeper.
It is beyond our field. It's good thinking to suggest some sort of cushioning in the crown but once somebody understands that crowns on implants shouldn't be set at the same level as the natural teeth, the solution of creating the crown fractionally shorter is much easier than having a crown with in-built cushioning. I suspect that is a disincentive to anyone creating such crowns.
I have this shit, how to fix it permanently? Bite? Operation? Both of them? When i use Bite/Splint, symptoms disappear, but after some hours i am not using the splint during the day, symptoms start coming back, how to solve permanently?
Whoever provided you with a splint that works to relieve your symptoms would be the best person to recommend a permanent solution. If that person is not available, look for another TMJ specialist in your area.
@@toffer-2541 There's no single answer as it depends on exactly what the TMD problem is and how far off your teeth are from positions that will support a healthy TMJ. The fact that a splint can help relieve your symptoms gives hope that the changes required won't be too extreme - but that can only be confirmed by a TMJ-savvy dentist after diagnosing your bite and TMJ. Solutions range from making minor adjustments to a few teeth (adding or taking away small amounts of material), to orthodontics, to restoring multiple teeth, to surgery - depending on the severity of your problem. Lastly it's more likely that your TMD problem caused your class 2 malocclusion but that's for the dentist to determine and resolve.
Hi I'm 12 and last day(April 19)my jow lock for a second at school I was rlly scared so I told it to my parents and they said they have experienced it many times now but I'm still worried and kept praying that this will never happened again.
Hi Yana. I'm sure this is a scary experience and not one you want to happen very often. I asked a TMJ specialist what he thought based on your comment. He said "Disc is displaced, needs to see a competent dentist in TMJ pathology to assess what may/should be done." In the meantime if you can recall what you did that caused your jaw to lock, like opening your mouth wide, try to avoid doing that. Wish you well.
I have a question, I'm 23 years old and i had my jaw block for first time when i was 15 years old. After few months i had pain but it disappeared. Right now i noticed that my right side of the jaw doesn't move like it has to. After watching the video I'm worried because i feel like I have the worse case scenario right now and i really wanna know if there is a treatment or a surgery that can solve that. Please i wanna know... Edit: i also see a deviation described in the case of one condyle deterioration (right condyle)
The answer to your question depends on finding someone who can diagnose what's going on with your TMJs. Look for a dentist who understands the TMJ and will do a CBCT scan or MRI of your joints. Without one of those scans a person can only guess at what's going on. Your symptoms strongly indicate that you have at least one displaced disc but the scans will show the state of your bones.
I have a question, I'm 23 years old and i had my jaw block for first time when i was 15 years old. After few months i had pain but it disappeared. Right now i noticed that my right side of the jaw doesn't move like it has to. After watching the video I'm worried because i feel like I have the worse case scenario right now and i really wanna know if there is a treatment or a surgery that can solve that. Please i wanna know...
Understand. The occlusal splint should be a short-term measure. It allows your condyles (jaw bones) to settle into their fully seated position in the joints (can take a while as your muscles and TMJ disc adjust to the new position) and allows the dentist to confirm that they have the right jaw position and required tooth adjustments. Once that is done, the dentist can propose permanent changes to your teeth that negate the need for wearing a splint. One of the leading dentists who use BiteFX, Dr. Chris Toomey, has developed a technique in the last year or two in which he builds up the teeth instead of creating a splint. It's still a temporary measure but I'm sure would be more to your liking - I'm sure that's one of the reasons Dr. Toomey is having so much success with this technique. He's in Towson, MD, a suburb of Baltimore - a long shot that you're anywhere close to him.
hi i have visted a tmj specialist and also went to dental college and shown my xrays of opg and tmj open and closed view , both people said to me your problem is not major and my tmj specialist suggested a hard/soft stabilization splint and dental college people said couple of jaw stretch and strengthening excercies enough to cure your problem and all you need to relax your jaw muscles i dont know what to do ,do i need to take that stabilization splint or excercises are enough to cure my problem, and my sympotoms are mild but constant there is always some little pain i am experiencing left side, what you gonna suggest me do i need to take a hard/ soft stabilization splint or excercises are enough ?
The splint that Dr. Reid was describing is a permissive occlusal splint. There are several different types with slight variations in design, usually determined by your dentist.
With this problem it's hard to eat speak smile as it is not done as natural even yourning is easy, over 10 I've been told I'm grinding clenching, need braces all sorts and the other day I saw this and 😭 looking at the Graf's with only left back tooth touching and jaw out of alignment and it does take a toll on the old mental health 😒
As far as you can, make sure that whoever is treating you has a good understanding of the TMJ - do you feel confident they "get" the concepts described in this video. Tonight we are hosting a webinar (for dentists) which features a physiotherapist, Carol Cote, who will describe how she works with dentists to help ease the symptoms being suffered by people like you. Unfortunately there aren't that many physiotherapists around who know the right things to do, but Carol tells me a key element is the CCTT qualification: Certified Cervical Temporomandibular Therapist. They can't cure your TMJ issues, but they can ease the pain and increase functional range.
@@BiteFX thankyou for your reply..the thing is I don't have any pain what so ever and good range and movement , this problem has left me confused and I have no trust in the system anymore.. all I do know is that when I Saw the video how it looks is exactly how my bite feels ..in my last comment to you I just noticed that I wrote yourning is easy..meant not easy thankyou
I've had jaw problems for a few months now. Started from stress clenching. I feel my incisors touch more that before because my back teeth don't touch anymore. Why is that and what can I do ? I got a nightguard from my dentist but it doesn't fix my bite.
Unlikely. I haven't heard any TMJ expert describe unclogging ears as an additional benefit of using a splint to improve TMD issues. You'd want an ENT doctor with a TMJ (dentist) specialist to confirm this was a viable treatment option.
I have scoliosis but it is not very significant. I went to a doctor and he said that you have nearly nothing, but i insisted that i want to come to the treatment for 1 course. We did exercises and it is, i think, better now. Some people say that spine alignment could be the cause of tmj. I want to ask you lets say i have 1 lvl scoliosis and if i get splint for tmj, will it get fixed and not get worse when i stop to use that splint.
@@calalkazimov6179 I've certainly heard some dentists talk about correcting scoliosis by using splints, but it's not a common specialty. It seems logical that if you have a problem in one TMJ that is producing an asymmetry in the jaw, that will influence how you hold your head, perhaps tilting to one side, and that in turn will feed down to your back so your spine curves. If the TMJ issue can be resolved, one would hope that the head posture would correct and that the scoliosis would also correct - unless there is some other cause of the scoliosis. What's more certain is that if there is asymmetry in your jaw, it likely indicates a TMJ problem and that fixing that TMJ problem can correct the asymmetry - provided the TMJ problem is fixable and hasn't advanced to a state where repair is difficult. Worth finding a TMJ specialist who can tell you what is going on with that joint.
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For six years I have been suffering from this. Multiple dentists, jaw surgeon, MRT, splints for bruxism. None of the "experts" could explain to me what was happening and what might be necessary to help me. The problem got so worse i started developing top down muscle problems in my neck, back, legs and my posture and life quality has deteriorated. Only after researching on my own for 9 months i could link everything together (Posturual restoration, AIC pattern, vestibular system). I had to reverse engineer everything from severe neck pain and a right shoulder that was hanging far lower than my left shoulder). It boggles my mind that a 10 year old video gave me the exact information I needed to find the right help. Thank you so much. I made an appointment with a jaw orthopedist who advertises in occlusion monitoring and creating special splints for CMD or TMJ. I hope I'm on the right track to getting my life back.. maybe someone in a similar situation finds this useful.
I'm 52 and I've been bothered by tmjd since I was 15. My lower jaw feels like it's clicking in and out of place. Do you know if there's a surgical solution for it?
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Ask your dentist, why humans were designed by “the evolution “ to have 32 teeth? Most of them actually think that we don’t need wisdom teeth at all. LOL.
I was experiencing clicking sounds that I originally thought was maybe air bubbles escaping from my ears. Then I had my wisdom teeth removed...all 4 of them at same time. What followed was 4 weeks of pain that included my ears. They first thought I had dry sockets but the treatment was unsuccessful and pain returned as soon as pain meds wore off. The dental surgeon finally looked into the possibility of TMD and found that was the cause. It was muscle relaxers that finally brought pain under control. That was many years ago. Still I have occasional flare ups following dental visits or during seasons of elevated stress where Im apt to clench my teeth. And still I may hear the snap, crackle and pop of that joint when I swallow. But making myself familiar with what may trigger my TMD and knowing what can help a flare up has been a life saver. The pain may become quite excruciating but knowing what to do and what not to do makes all the difference in the world.
I believe that if the patient didn't get the right splint ... it won't get positive results??? The shape of the splint influence the position of the disk right?
You are correct. The splint needs to be the right one for the patient's condition. Splints won't always influence the position of the disk, but they can do, particularly if they are designed to reduce the pressure at the condyle and give a displaced disk a chance to recapture.
Hi , i have a clicking sound from that joint on the left side. I notice that it gets stuck when i actually close my mouth , and it gets back to its normal position with a click sound when i open my mouth .what to do ?
Hello. I have this problem, but my dentis doesnt see this problem. When I wake up i bite on my back teeth- molars only, after one hour and more i bite on my front teeth - incisors.do I have to grind those back teeth or fill in the front ones? or wear braces? I have exactly the same situation as in your video under point 2.
Hi, can you discuss the formation of a pseudo disc please? Will a pseudo disc always form and if so will the degeneration of the joint be avoided? Thank you.
A pseudo disc can be formed by scarring of the retrodiscal tissue making a tough enough barrier between the condyle and the fossa to prevent those boney structures rubbing on one another. If it forms, it may prevent further degeneration but there's no guarantee. It doesn't always form - for example, if the retrodiscal tissue has perforated it's unlikely new tissue will grow to stop bone rubbing on bone.
These are all questions that your dentist needs to answer based on a good diagnosis of your current situation. For minor TMJ issues full recovery may be possible; for more severe issues it's more a case of stopping continued deterioration rather than recovering to full health. A splint is serving a different purpose than a mouth guard so the two are not interchangeable. Whether or not it is wise to box when you have a TMJ issue would again be a question for your dentist. With a TMJ problem, one of the areas of your body that is a prime target for a boxing opponent is damaged - do you want to spend much time and money to have things repaired or stabilized in that area only to be destroyed by a well-aimed punch? But you may feel that is just part of the risk of boxing.
@@BiteFX by minor do you mean just muscular non clicking and lock jaw issues? Thanks, i might just shift to wrestling (also i really meant muay thai instead of boxing). My dentist said i should stop but was just getting a second opinion about if my tmj is cured can i start again.
@@FM-dm8xj Some clicking and lock jaw issues are fixable. Sometimes you can have clicking, but it goes away, however, that can be a sign that things have got worse. Basically there's no hard-and-fast rule that says a particular set of symptoms you observe means your problem is fixable or not. Needs a TMJ-experienced dentist, with the appropriate scans, to diagnose and make that determination.
Since early March, I've been having annoying hearing loss with discharge coming from my right ear. All this happened RIGHT after having a week long event of just chewing gum non-stop. All I noticed during that time was two loud 'snaps' or 'claps' sounds come from my jaw and after that I stopped chewing to "give myself a break". I experienced facial soreness/pain for a few days after that, accompanied by sensitive ears which led to muffledness/pressure in my ears. Now, I'm dealing with hearing loss at the moment and I'm trying to see an ENT. I don't know if it's directly related to TMJ, I have bruxism from teeth clenching at night and I do wear a guard nightly.
I've had this condition for 6 years. For the first 3-4 years, it was just clicking/popping sounds. About 1-2 months ago, I noticed that my disc started to click less and less, until, one day, it felt like part of my disc slipped in that socket. My fix for this was just to wait 10-20 minutes, and open my mouth to click it back onto the condyle. But recently, it has gotten to the point of where, clicks are almost gone, and if I open my mouth, it fully slips in the socket. This was because my disc popped 1 time very loudly (with no pain) and cracked 2 times very hard (felt a little bit of pain). I searched on the google "posteriorly dislocated tmj" and I barely found anything about my condition. Not even on RU-vid, I couldn't find any causes (because my disc was dislocated anteriorly previously), not even stages, just a few websites and images. I'm asking for advice here, as it is my only option left. Thanks!
Splint therapy may be part of correcting an overjet issue but will not be all that is required. It may also be that no splint therapy is required. Only a TMJ/occlusally aware dentist, likely in collaboration with an orthodontist, can determine for sure.
I got a crown done and I think it was cut too short. So to correct this my dentist shaved down like 6-8 teeth on the opposite site and my bite has been awful ever since. Since then I’ve been recommended to see a to see a TMJ specialist, and I have an appointment set for several months from now, but I wonder if it’ll even help? Never had any issues before. After seeing this video I’m worried a TMJ specialist won’t even know what to do.
I'd hope that a TMJ specialist would understand exactly what this video explains and know how to help you. There's a chance that your TMJs are mostly OK and that your problem is more with how your teeth are coming together when your condyles are fully seated. Changing the shape of the tooth that broke might have seemed sensible because it was sticking up and therefore taking most of the force and therefore broke, but that change allowed your condyles to take a different position when your teeth come together so that things don't feel the same as they used to. A dentist with a good understanding of occlusion (how the teeth come together, and how that relates to condyle position in the TMJs) should be able to diagnose what's going on and possibly give you some relief with a well-designed occlusal splint. I wouldn't let anyone reshape any more teeth until they've demonstrated that they can give you comfort (for several months) with a splint. You might be able to find an occlusally aware dentist who can see you much sooner than the TMJ specialist.
@@BiteFX Thank you for the reply. I had experienced extreme pain after the initial rework as it felt like my bottom teeth were digging severely into my front two, and it's just been a miserable experience since. I just regret ever having had the crown done, as I am fairly certain that dental office was the one that cracked it to begin with. Regardless, I will look into what you've written here, both the orthodontist and the initial dentist said to see the specialist, but perhaps a third opinion with a new dentist might be worth a shot. Thanks for taking the time to reply.
I have no pain, but constant clicking on my left jaw. For like a year and a half now. One time I yawned, felt a lock I believe, then a pop, and had it ever since. No struggle to move jaw. No locking ever since. Just annoying clicking sounds.