as stated in the topic..
does anyone here has TMJ?

i've been having TMJ for almost 5 years now
everytime i google, most of the people replied saying that they suffer big amounts of pain just by opening their mouth to eat
in just about 2 years of having this disorder..

but im currently at my 5th year.. still no pain, but my jaw just gets a little sore now (can feel it)

anyway. TMJ's symptoms are cracking of the jaw bones.. like cracking your knuckles with the "pop" sound..
sometimes it can be very loud, sometimes just sounds normal..
but the sensation is there, it makes you want to crack it.

i've been to the dentist, but he says he dont see any misalignment in my jaw.

pls help/advise!

more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporomandibular_joint
http://www.webmd.com/oral-health/guide/tem...bular-disorders

Hello mafioso, it is actually called TMD. Normally ppl have clicking sound during opening and closing.but it does not produce any pain. Normally if it is not severe, we can do a simply exercise. If does not help, we may need to construct a night guard cuz bruxism which is a teeth grinding during sleep may cause or exaggerate it. It may due to other causes as well. If it is pain, I advise you to go see TMD specialist.

hello,

isnt it the same as TMJ?
i dont know if i should be worried tho. as i've been having this disorder for about 5 years soon.

TMJ is temporomandibulat joint which just means ur joint. TMD is temporomandibular disorder which is covered a huge topic. Well, prevention is better than cure. Some ppl may not develop pain because the condyle which is the joint bone will remodel well. Some may develop pain. Normally ppl will not seek treatment until there is a pain. The cause may due to bruxism, stress, muscle pain which tense the joint. I'm actually a dental student. My knowledge may limited.i hope it helps. So prevention is better than cure.

thanks for the information.

for the past few years i've been checking on google..
they gave a couple of way to try to "make" them go away..

its by:

1. massaging the affect jaw area
2. sleep early

i've been doing this 2 for almost 6 months (back then)

but still no results.

its weird because it happened out of nowhere 5 years ago and its been popping till today.

hmmm

Later I pm u the simple treatment. Now wana take a nap first. Haha too tired d. U pm me hi or something so that I will not forget to pm u. No problem.

hey. alright sure.. later when i get home from work.
tell you more about my situation in the PM.

thanks


This post has been edited by mafioso: Dec 31 2012, 02:32 AM

bringing up an old thread..
found a good video that finally explains how does TMJ happen..

Hi TS, how is your condition now?
I started to notice cracking sound on the left side when chewing about half year ago.
My condition is getting worse recently. After I extracted my lower right wisdom teeth, the cracking sound get louder and now it turn out to cause ear pain.
Why I'm having such problem?

been having TMJ since 15..
already 6 years with this.

last year around second half of 2012, i had really serious pain issues when i open my mouth. but after awhile it was gone.. until today (so far).
but i guess it'll come back again if it "pops" too much?

sometimes if i opened too fast or too "extreme", it really locks and when i close it, its REALLY painful.. its like the jaw isnt aligned at all and i have to stop all mouth related activities for about 5-10 minutes :S.

how often do you have the pop? and is it painful? or it feels like cracking your knuckles?

mine isnt painful at all. only second half of 2012 i had pain. after that no.

everyone has TMJ. TMJ is temporomandibular joint. everyone has it. ,

really? not my friends tho. and in my family no one mentioned this issue happening to them except me. so i dont know? :S

TMJ is a joint, a normal joint. everyone has it. just wikipedia it.

It is very misleading keep on saying like TMJ is an disorder. it is a normal joint.

what u meant might be TMD aka temporomandicular disorder.

without TMJ, human cannot even open your mouth to bite or chew. TMJ is just a freaking joint. your condition is TMD aka temporomandibular disorder

no wonder when i googled for the past 6 years they always give out these 2 results.. but TMJ has the most search results back.
i am not a medical student, so i dont know.

anyway, is it a serious issue? as there isnt any serious pain. just that it pops every now and then.

Almost every time I chew, there will be pop. The pop is not painful. But I'm having ear pain when swallowing.

You know what we mean is TMD.
Even practicing doctors also need to know about layman's terms.

once in awhile i do get ear pains.
sometimes i massage the part where the joint connects to ease down the pain (when i have it)

have you googled on why it happens?
they say its due to teeth grinding when sleep / stress.
i might be both

some ppl even wrote that they have it for more than 20 years and still living a healthy life so far.

but its weird that its already 6 years now and it felt like nothing's serious..
i just hope one day my right side jaw wont disconnect due to this. lolz.

that's like saying "doc, i have a knee!" and expecting him to know that u have arthritis.

or saying "i have a head!" and expecting the doc to know that u have headache.

TMJ is just a joint. no we dont know if u have TMJ dislocation, or pain, or swelling, etc, if u just say TMJ. if really wanna use layman term, can just say ur jaw clicks when u open and close mouth, then we can understand u have TMD.

anyway, nothing serious TS. if u notice, the click only happens if u open ur jaw too wide. and if u open ur jaw a bit deviated to the left or right (like how a camel chew food), the click reduces or disappear. dont let it click too much if possible, and it will be reduced as time goes by.

i used to have TMD too, so bad that one day the ligament just locks and i cant even open my mouth. it gets worse when u keep inducing the clicking urself (e.g. play around with ur jaw, open n close even when not eating), the ligament swells up, causing the pain to become worse and the click also.

hmm, so are you still having it now? if not how did you cure yours? by wearing braces or? :S

not cured, but relieved to a certain degree. now it only clicks if i yawn or when i open my mouth really wide. otherwise, it's not bothering me at all.

yeap same here.. so i guess once you have this disorder, you'll have it till the day we die eh?

i got used to it till like its part of my life already. lolz.

many said to check with the dentist, but i guess all they can do is give us something to block our teeth from grinding while sleeping. :S

permanent cure is reconstructive surgery. but im not keen on that. u might want to consult an orthodontist for that.

ahh but at least i know im not alone with this disorder. i guess many ppl have this..
sometimes i just massage the ear area to ease the "sore-ness" feeling of my right jaw..

This is called internal derangement, where the disc within the joint is displaced. The guard/splint (usually wear 24hrs 7days for a month time) is to guild the condylar part of ur jaw to the displaced disc. so ur jaw will be either forwarded or shift to the left or right and maintain at the position for 24/7 until disc join to condylar.

The next review when u remove the splint, ur jaw back to own position. If u don hear the pop sound anymore or no more soreness it means the condylar already bring the disc back to own position, if not u will hv to continue wear the splint for further observation.

i see, thanks for the explanation. started this thread few months ago and now got more and more specific answers.

so what are the after-effects of not doing it?
cuz i already have it for 6 years but so far it just became something like its apart of my daily life.

will it become serious if i just leave it the way it is? (i know its like saying i dont care about my body, but its just "popping" right?)

U might having difficulty in opening your mouth someday.... However, some people don experience that..

i see..
but now sometimes it doesnt pop.. like once in a blue moon it doesnt pop the whole day..
is it because my disc has thin up?