This channel is all about TMJ disorders - what they are, how they manifest, what to do about them and how they relate to other issues that may be going unnoticed in the body such as tongue tie, sleep apnea, ADHD, and more! I will also be posting about being a dentist and a working mommy to two wonderful children. Thank you and I hope you enjoy my videos!
I have been sleeping on my side the entire time I have had TMJD when I had only once side of my face with TMJD, but now I find that my pain is spreading to my previously 'good' side which is incredibly disheartening. If I sleep on either of my sides, I get pain from putting pressure against the TMJ area. I'm worried about aggravating my better side if I sleep on my better side, but lying on my bad side is just a recipe for extra pain. So I feel a bit stuck.
My dentist is telling me i need a root canal and to go to a root canal specialist...can tmd make specific teeth sensitive? The sensitivity and pain comes and goes...thats why i think i dont need a root canal nd that its this...
Doc, how can I tell if I am pressing a bone or this muscle? Is it the muscle that kinda hardens the cheek (in an area the is meara very hard spot - I think it is a bone) when I clench?
Hello!It’s nice interview about TMJ, TMJD I have ever had. I have suffered this for 17 years. Unfortunately no chance to see you at your work, cause I live in Mongolia. I have just subs your channel and lot videos I have to watch 😊.Could you please tell me how do I contact you? I need suggestion about treatment. Thank you!
I missed a root canal by the skin my of my teeth. Thank God I was referred to root canal specialists who took my concerns seriously and said they weren't convinced it was the tooth. 10/10 pain though. Had to go on painkillers for the first time in my life. Warm salt water constantly helped.
Ma’am thankyou thankyou very much for the videos you make. They are probably the only ones on RU-vid about a lot of details of tmjd. Here in India, there are only 2 or 3 docs for tmj in the capital city, and this being so unheard of, it’s difficult to know if we are being treated right. Your videos are a guide, they help me, assure me and let me rest peacefully. Keep making them. Wish you all the good things. You are the rainbow in the rain for me 🌈🙏🏻
your amazing... love watching you, very informative. i am a secondary and a level teacher and have tmj which manifests as ear pain and very tight neck muscles. Thought originally it was a blocked Eustachian tube until i was told it tmj by my ENT doctor. i find the lateral massage helps relieve the ear pain.. if i do this religiously will it go away . i have so much tension in my job i am thinking about quitting!
@@DinaVanmali I’m sorry but there’s no way I can tell you if it will go away over the internet and without examining you. Thank you for your kind words and best of luck to you!
Have everything you mentioned about and my doctors aren't doing anything about it. I even went to OHSU and got no support. Please help me. I'm in Eugene Oregon but only have OHP and medicare. I seriously need help 😞 and I am disabled please contact me
Ouch! There I said it. I've been for chiro tx'ts for 50 years and swear by it, but not for the jaw, I agree with you, doc. I also think that gentle approaches can be effective. My own chiro would not do manual manipulations for my TMJD but used the activator instead. Unless the chiro has taken x-rays, I think those manual adjustments could be disastrous for someone who has osteoarthritis in the jaw ie. Yikes. Thank you for your educational videos doc!
So is it rare for your jaw to lock open ? Mines been locked shut for over a year can’t even get a mout guard because it won’t open wide enough for impressions 😢
What treatment would you recommend when someone has the habit of only clenching and grinding with no pain and locking of TMJ. Can night guard work for those?
Hello ma'am, I had an MRI scan and X-ray done for my temporal joints. Everything came out normal, but I still have the same symptoms: pain while eating, quite a bit of pain in my jaw, neck, and temporal region, and sometimes eye pain. I don't know what to do. Please help me.🙏💖😔
Hi Dr Mistry, I have a slight tongue tie. I dont breath through my mouth, my tongue rests on my upper jaw. But my frenulumI is tight, and forward to the front end of my tounge. I did have braces and had to get two upper molers removed to bring my teeth back. I landed on your page because i was looking into tongue tie release reviews. I do snore, I have not gotten a sleep study. I also grind my teeth at night. But i am wondering if i would benefit from seeing a tmj doctor (I live in Canada, Ontario) or if i should get a tongue tie release procedure. I dont know which one would help my snoring. Please help!
A great example i learned was from The magic schoolbus But mostly from row boats Same idea Especially in sports where you have a team that needs to be synced
I was told it was okay and even recommended to get invisaline even though I have TMJD. I’m just over halfway done, and the pain is brutal. It’s been brutal. My whole face shape has changed for the worse. I don’t know if I should just stop treatment, I feel lied to and mislead.
I dont have tmj clicking, popping or r limited opening but i have pain dull therein fron of near and inside ear canal mild burning on and off and pain is not same in a day even and sometimes go on alternate days and when i yawn ear popup and pain near neck and mandible joint sometimes when pressed. What it could be ?? Happened un flareups 4 times in 3 years i have forward head posture from childhood days , dont know whether it is linked to symptoms or is it something else.Any idea?? Are these referring to tmd and volini helps too as ut gives cold sensation
@@theTMJdoc Thanks for replying earlier I am looking for atn but symptoms are same from 3 years and not regular and not same in a day or on alternate days so confused what it could be
I have asthma and as a kid every day in gym class I had asthma issues and they kept pushing me, I always told them my mouth and throat was “cold” and my throat/lungs would be sore the whole semester. But breathing through my nose wasn’t enough air 😢