TMJsux
04-21-2004, 08:30 AM
Hello everyone. I was diagnosed with TMJ around 2 years ago. The symptoms come and go depending on the weather and how my appetite is for chewy things. :D
Anyway, for the past couple of months, my upper and lower teeth on the left side of my mouth are not touching each other when I close my mouth. The right side upper and lower teeth DO touch each other with my mouth close. I CAN open mouth wide though.
My TMJ doctor says that my jaw is locked.
Not suprisingly, my left ear feels stuffed and I have tinnitus on that side also.
Does anyone else have similar jaw symptoms? What can be done to fix it?Can it be fixed?
I wear a splint on my lower teeth (which I get readjusted once in a while because it always ends up falling out of my mouth in the middle of the night!).
Thanks for all your help!
---I'm a vegetarian with TMJ. Enough said. :D
Anyway, for the past couple of months, my upper and lower teeth on the left side of my mouth are not touching each other when I close my mouth. The right side upper and lower teeth DO touch each other with my mouth close. I CAN open mouth wide though.
My TMJ doctor says that my jaw is locked.
Not suprisingly, my left ear feels stuffed and I have tinnitus on that side also.
Does anyone else have similar jaw symptoms? What can be done to fix it?Can it be fixed?
I wear a splint on my lower teeth (which I get readjusted once in a while because it always ends up falling out of my mouth in the middle of the night!).
Thanks for all your help!
---I'm a vegetarian with TMJ. Enough said. :D
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westin4
04-21-2004, 10:51 AM
Welcome to the board,
I have had both of these. When I close my mouth only my front teeth touch and also
I have had when I close my mouth only on side touches. It all depends on what kind of muscle day I am having. I know for sure that when my bite is off bacause I loose the hearing in my right ear and it rings, swooshes, and "vibrates". I have had all kinds of tests done for the ear problem and nothing has shown up and I do know now it is tmj related and I would bet safely that your ear problem is also from your bite being off. Fixed is a broad term with tmj. Hopefully you could get your bite corrected with the splint being adjusted right. I would lay off the chewy things!! :) Before this blinding flare up I am having I was symptom free for 3 years, but if I would chew a piece of gum or eat something like a bagel.........woohoo, I would land myself in bed with a whopper of a headache for 2 days! I ate one m&m the other day out of my son's Easter basket and it set me back for the rest of that day. I think you have to be so disciplined with this thing. Good luck and keep up posted!
Karen
I have had both of these. When I close my mouth only my front teeth touch and also
I have had when I close my mouth only on side touches. It all depends on what kind of muscle day I am having. I know for sure that when my bite is off bacause I loose the hearing in my right ear and it rings, swooshes, and "vibrates". I have had all kinds of tests done for the ear problem and nothing has shown up and I do know now it is tmj related and I would bet safely that your ear problem is also from your bite being off. Fixed is a broad term with tmj. Hopefully you could get your bite corrected with the splint being adjusted right. I would lay off the chewy things!! :) Before this blinding flare up I am having I was symptom free for 3 years, but if I would chew a piece of gum or eat something like a bagel.........woohoo, I would land myself in bed with a whopper of a headache for 2 days! I ate one m&m the other day out of my son's Easter basket and it set me back for the rest of that day. I think you have to be so disciplined with this thing. Good luck and keep up posted!
Karen
klmarshall
04-21-2004, 12:38 PM
Howdy,
I have the same problem, my splints didn't help, but that doesn't mean they won't work for you. Good luck! -Gabi
I have the same problem, my splints didn't help, but that doesn't mean they won't work for you. Good luck! -Gabi
TMJsux
05-19-2004, 09:22 AM
Thanks for the hellos!
Brez303
05-23-2004, 09:51 PM
I was told by my TMJ doc that my right jaw is locked,I to can open pretty wide.I was thinking that maybe he didnt know what he was talking about.I would think if my jaw is locked I wouldnt be able to open.So I am wondering if this is common?Any more info?
Hoping everyone a painfree week.. :)
Hoping everyone a painfree week.. :)