need to ask - TMJ Disorder -TemporoMandibular Joint Message Board

indymichelle07 · 08-27-2006, 08:38 PM

I need to find out from anyone if they think this is tmj related. I have anxiety & ocd bad. I find that I click my teeth together all day long, & clench my teeth at night. I don't know what I do in my sleep. But, my mandible bone is tender to touch, & behind my ears is tender to touch. I get headaches behind my eyes often like they are being strained. Fullness in my ears & ringing in my ears. I don't know if that is tmj. Does anyone know anything about a torus in your mouth, I read it is caused by bruxism or tmj, think I have one.
Thank you,
Michelle

luvtocamp · 08-28-2006, 06:29 AM

You may need a night guard to keep you from grinding at night. I have a palatal torus but I never heard it can cause tmj and I have never grinded my teeth that I know of and I'm 52.
The fullness and ringing in the ears can surely be from the tmj, it means your jaw may be too far back.
Have you talked to your dentist about this?

indymichelle07 · 08-28-2006, 02:07 PM

I read that the torus are caused by bruxism which can cause tmj.
No, I haven't talked to my dentist, it seems as though it is bothersome when I am stressing or having this anxiety.
Thank you,
Michelle