THE UNUSUAL JAW - POP!!

Dear Readers,
Hope to see you all good in your ways..

I am back with another blog with a disorder/dysfunction that usually annoys us in some or the other way affecting our day to day life in terms of sleeping, ,chewing, yawning and also while doing routine chores.

HERE READERS,OUR JAWS PLAYS A VITAL ROLE .PARTICULARLY I AM TALKING ABOUT LOWER JAW(MANDIBLE) WHICH IS A MOBILE JOINT HELPING US CARRYING OUT CHEWING (MASTICATION) AND TALKING(VERBAL).

AWARENESS REGARDING THE JAW AND SAFEGUARDING IT IS IN OUR HAND .

SO ALL OF YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE LOWER JAW IN THIS BLOG AND IT'S  ASSOCIATED YET NOT VERY COMMON DISORDER/DYSFUNCTION.

LET’S FIRST  KNOW ABOUT TMJ-DISORDER- TEMPOROMANDBULAR JOINT DISORDER/TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME :

ONE OF THE COMMONEST OROFACIAL PAIN/MYOFACIAL PAIN.

LET'S KNOW ABOUT:
WHAT IS TMJ(TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT):
IT’S THE JOINT WHICH JOINS UPPER JAW (MAXILLA) WITH THE LOWER JAW(MANDIBLE).
IT’S A HINGE JOINT(COMPLEX JOINT) having muscles ,tendons and ligaments moving the jaw Forward, Backward and Side to Side.
TEMPOROMANDIBULA JOINT DISORDER/TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION:
IT’S THE INFLAMMATION OF THE JOINT DUE TO INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL INJURY POSING DIFFERENT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS VARYING FROM INDIVIDUAL TO INDIVIDUAL. 


EXPERIENCING VARIANT SYMPTOMS  ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISORDER:
FACIAL PAIN AND ORAL PAIN(ORO-FACIAL PAIN) 
PAIN/ACHES -EARACHES,HEADACHES,BACKACHE AND NECKACHE,TOOTHACHE.
DIZZINESS.
TIRED FEELING ON THE FACE.
TINNITUS(RINGING EARS).
CLICKING SOUND/POPPING/GRATING WHILE EATING AND YAWNING.
SORENESS OF JAW AFTER WAKUNG UP.
CLENCHING JAW TIGHTLY DURING STRESSFUL STATE OF MIND.
RESTRICTED JAW MOVEMENTS.
SWELLING ON THE SIDE OF THE FACE OF THE AFFECTED JOINT(UNILATERAL/BILATERAL).

PREDISPOSITION:
Exact causes not determined till date but common causation put forward are:

LIFESTYLE CHANGES/MODULATION(EATING DISORDERS/LACK OF EXERCISE). 
GENETIC FACTORS(GENETIC PREDISPOSITION).
JOINT PAIN -ARTHRITIC PAIN(ANY TYPE OF ARTHRITIS ).
INJURY TO JAW (Boxers athletes, wrestlers etc.)
HYPERMOBILITY OF JOINTS (IN CASE OF DOWN SYNDROME, CEREBRAL PALSY ETC.)
MUSCLE SPASM(TRISMUS(dental complication) FACED BY PATIENTS AFTER EXTRACTION OF LOWER POSTERIOR TEETH(BACK TEETH).
CERVICAL POSTURAL DISORDERS.(CERVICAL SPONDYLITIS).
FRACTURES LEADING TO DISLOCATION OF JOINT.(UNILATERAL/BILATERAL).
LOCK JAW (SEVERE CASES)-REQUIRES RE-ALLIGNMENT JAW PROCEDURE.
HEARING PROBLEMS. 

PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE AFFECTED:
5-12% people are affected  and usually experience pain n this area.

INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVED:
CONE BEAM COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY
CT SCAN
X RAYS/RADIOGRAPHY

MANAGEMENT OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR PAIN:

A-CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT:

PHYSIOTHERAPY.(PHYSICAL JAW  EXERCISES).
LIFESTYLE CHANGES:AVOID CHEWING GUMS AND CONSUMPTION OF SOFT FOODS.
ICE APPLICATION (COLD COMPRESSION).
MOUTH (NIGHT GUARDS) GIVEN BY THE DENTIST OWING TO CLENCHING /TEETH GRINDING(BRUXISM),
LOSS OF DENTAL HEIGHT DUE TO LOSS OF TEETH(MISSING TEETH) OR WORN OFF TEETH .
BREATHING EXERCISES OR RELAXATION TECHNIQUES.
ACUPUNCTURE(ACUPRESSURE).
ANTI -INFLAMMATORY MEDICATION UNDER DOCTOR’S SUPERVISION. 
AVOID EXTREME JAW  MOVEMENTS.
FITNESS (MEDITATION,YOGA ETC.)  TO BE UNDERTAKEN OWING TO STRESS /ANXIETY.
MASSAGING FACE AND NECK REGULARLY. 

B-SURGICAL TREATMENT(AGGRESSIVE TREATMENT).

SURGERY IS THE  FINAL RESORT IN SEVERE JOINT CONDITIONS WITH VERY RESTRICTED MOVEMENT AND LONG LASTING SYMPTOMS AFFECTING THE SMOOTH FUNCTIONING OF LIFE.


SO READERS , KINDLY TAKE THIS DYSFUNCTION OR DISORDER SERIOUSLY AS THIS CAN SOONER OR LATER AFFECT YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

PROFESSIONAL ADVICE IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET HOLD  OF THE UNDERLYING CAUSE CREATING INCONVENIENCE FOR THE SAME.

KINDLY FOLLOW AND COMMENT, QUERIES ARE WELCOME!

I WILL MEET YOU ALL WITH MY NEXT BLOG 
TILL THEN KEEP UP YOUR SPIRITS HIGH AND EXPLORE  AND BROADEN YOUR HORIZON..


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