Do you notice a clicking and popping in your jaw? If so, this could be due to a serious issue known as TMJ disorder. Without treatment, your discomfort could worsen! But we can help. In today’s blog, your Riverside Dental Group team talks about stopping jaw joint pain with TMJ treatment.
The Cause of Jaw Joint Strain
What causes an issue like TMJ disorder to develop? This occurs when the joints that connect your jaw to the skull and control the movements needed to eat and speak undergo excessive strain. This strain could be due to issues like tooth loss, misalignment, injury to the face, untreated teeth grinding, or even complications with the growth of your bite or the eruption of your teeth. Impaction caused by wisdom tooth eruption could be a factor too. Treatment is needed because otherwise, you could have issues fully opening and closing your mouth, and you could experience painful symptoms.
Popping and Clicking in Your Jaw
People with untreated TMJ disorder may experience a popping or clicking sensation in their smile, accompanied with pain in the face or jaw, headaches, migraines, and aches in the neck and shoulders. If you also grind your teeth, this could mean damaged teeth, toothaches, and sensitivity are common. When you begin to experience one or more of these common symptoms, then please reach out to our team today to discuss possible solutions!
Creating an Oral Appliance
Our team will often provide relief with a comfortable and nonmovie oral appliance. This appliance will look and fit like a mouthguard, and is worn while you sleep. When in use, this helps gently shift your bite to ease underlying stress, so you avoid painful symptoms during waking hours, and possible complications like teeth grinding. The oral appliance is easy to use and clean, and it can travel with you during the holidays.
If you have any questions about how to treat issues like TMJ disorders, or if you want to see us now and use your remaining 2025 dental insurance benefits and health savings account finds before they expire at the end of the month. We want to help you smile with confidence and avoid discomfort, so reach out to our team today to get started.
Riverside Dental Group Offers General Dentistry
We want to help you enjoy good oral health and avoid painful symptoms! To learn more about our approach to general dentistry, then please call:
Riverside Dental Group at Magnolia in Riverside, CA at (951) 689-5031.
Dental Associates of Moreno Valley in Moreno Valley, CA at (951) 697-6800.
Riverside Dental Group at Woodcrest (951) 776-9001.
Oasis Family Dental in Temecula, CA at (951) 695-2290.
Dental Associates of Riverside in Riverside, CA at (951) 369-1001.
Dental Associates of Corona in Corona, CA at (951) 273-9580.
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