Where Does Jaw Pain Come From?Update: I have recently found, purchased and wrote up reviews on two TMJ Exercise programs. They are similar TMJ Exercises that my TMJ Physical Therapist uses to treat my TMJ patients. Click here to read reviews on TMJ Exercise products Jaw pain comes from many sources. The first question that needs to be addressed is...is it a bone tumor, cyst or cancer?Out of 17 years or so of treating patients, I have only found a handful (6-8) of Tumors, which mostly are Benign, but may be malignant also, I think I've had about 3 being malignant. So, the first thing that should be checked out, is the cancers and tumors. You typically don't have to ask for that, we Dentists routinely just look for that first.
When you report to your Dentist that you have TMJ jaw pain, he/she should take a panorex xray to check for tumors or cancer. When tumors/cysts are ruled out, then the TMJ exam can begin. Most of the time, when you have Jaw pain, it is muscle pain. Let me say that again...Muscle Pain. The jaw muscles (masticatory muscles) are usually fatigued from over working. How do they overwork? When people clench or grind their teeth too much day or night. Most of the time, people grind their teeth at night.
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Then you have the patients that have accidents or trauma that causes the pain, one way or an other.Please read the Causes of TMJ and/or TMJ treatments to understand more thouroghly about your TMJ concerns. Then if you want to try an easy Home Remedy, When you're ready to try my modified TMJ Appliance to relieve your pain or TMJ Headache, click on the TMJ appliance page and follow the instructions. For more info on the other topics, please browse around until you're ready to eliminate your pain or discomforts. Just click on the tab to the left to answer more of your questions regarding your TMJ questions.
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People can have fatigue or overworked jaw muscles just by Tension and stress in their lives. Most don't realize that they are clenching when in fact they are. Also, sometimes it seems that just the tension causes muscle to ache, even though clenching is not happening.