It goes without saying that a number of individuals can recognize factors that constitute a dental concern, including pain or sensitivity in teeth, the presence of decay, a broken or chipped tooth, and more. Unfortunately, however, a number of concerns actually go unnoticed or may not appear to be related to your oral health initially,… Read more »
Posts Categorized: TMJ Disorder
Your Headache May Be Coming from Your Jaw
Chronic, unexplained pain can be incredibly frustrating and demoralizing. Not being able to determine the source of your pain can have a maddening effect, and it may lead to you just learning to live with the pain. Sometimes, the source of your pain isn’t even the place where you’re experiencing pain. If you wake up… Read more »
Are Your Headaches Caused by TMJ Disorder?
When you develop a headache that keeps recurring and getting worse, your oral health might not be the first thing you consider as the main cause of it. However, for people who experience TMJ disorder, chronic headaches and migraines can be just one of several symptoms that can be traced back to the malfunction in… Read more »
How to Deal with a TMJ Disorder
The only way to deal with most oral health concerns is to actively address them. If you have a cavity, it won’t stop growing until you treat it. If you develop gingivitis, it will continue progressing until you manage it. When you have a TMJ disorder, which impacts your jaw joints’ ability to function, the… Read more »
When to Take Jaw Pain Seriously
Even when your oral health is trying to tell you that something is wrong, it can sometimes be easy to ignore the symptoms, or to fail to take them seriously because they don’t seem severe. When it comes to chronic jaw pain, the discomfort might be more intense, but failing to understand why can cause… Read more »
Could Headaches and Migraines Mean You Have TMJ Disorder?
When many people experience a headache, they don’t often consider it a sign of something more serious. Once the pain subsides, the memory of the headache and worry of what it might mean can often fade away, as well. However, if your headaches return often, or get increasingly worse until they develop into migraines, then… Read more »
Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Signs of TMJ Disorder
TMJ disorder, or temporomandibular joint disorder, is one of the more diverse kinds of oral health conditions that patients can experience. For example, it can describe different kinds of specific problems with one or both of your jaw joints, and the symptoms of it may not be the same for everyone who has TMJ disorder…. Read more »
TMJ Facts You Should Know if Your Jaw Hurts
If your tooth started to hurt, you could probably guess at least a couple of reasons why, and be fairly accurate with your guess. However, jaw pain isn’t as common as a toothache, and given the complexity of your jaw’s joints, muscles, and other structures, it isn’t always easy to guess what the problem is…. Read more »
Can Chronic Jaw Pain Mean Something Serious?
In most cases, any form of dental discomfort can indicate a potentially serious problem with your oral health. If it’s a toothache, then you may immediately realize that your tooth is in trouble and needs attention from your dentist or oral health specialist. However, for symptoms like chronic jaw pain, the specific source of the… Read more »
What Having TMJ Disorder Means, and How to Treat It
For many of the most common oral health concerns, such as cavities and gingivitis, the impacts they can have on your oral health are similar to the impacts they can have on others. While the specifics of your tooth decay or gum disease may differ, the condition itself follows a progressive pattern that’s common for… Read more »
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