If you wake up in the morning with your jaws aching, you may be suffering from temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction.\u00a0 You will find this joint at the point where your jaw meets the rest of your face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
TMJ sufferers, as many as 80% of whom are women, report such symptoms as: migraine-level headaches, loss of hearing, blurred vision, depression, backaches, and sometimes excruciating facial pain.\u00a0 It is sometimes referred to as “crooked jaws” or TMD, and can best be described as joint stress resulting from an uneven bite.\u00a0 There are numerous causes of this painful condition.\u00a0 They include blows to the head or face, structural deformities, teeth grinding, and mental stress.\u00a0 TMJ can strike individuals of all ages, from children to the elderly.\u00a0 It tends to start as a soft-tissue injury.\u00a0 If untreated, it may worsen over time, affecting additional bodily systems and organs.<\/p>\n
In the beginning stages, the pain from TMJ may be intermittent.\u00a0 But as with most conditions, early detection and treatment is the key.\u00a0 One thing we may recommend for you is a special night guard.\u00a0 The FDA approved NTI-tss device is designed to protect your teeth from further wear by reducing the severity\u00a0of grinding at night.<\/p>\n
This also allows the muscles to rest.\u00a0 In more severe cases, it may be necessary to wear the device during the day as well.\u00a0 The NTI-tss device is much more comfortable than a traditional night guard, attaching to your front two teeth only, preventing the back teeth from touching at all.<\/p>\n
Watch for these symptoms:<\/strong><\/p>\n * <\/strong>Pain in or around the ear and temple area, sometimes spreading to the face.<\/p>\n * <\/strong>Notice headache pain upon wakening.<\/p>\n * <\/strong>Tenderness of the jaw muscles.<\/p>\n * <\/strong>Clicking or popping noise when you open or close your mouth.<\/p>\n * <\/strong>Buzzing, ringing or roaring sound in your ears.<\/p>\n * <\/strong>Jaws that “get stuck,” “lock,” or “go out.”<\/p>\n * <\/strong>Difficulty moving your jaw side to side or front to back.<\/p>\n * <\/strong>Clenching or grinding your teeth.<\/p>\n * <\/strong>Pain brought on by yawning, chewing or opening the mouth widely.<\/p>\n * <\/strong>Problems chewing food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you wake up in the morning with your jaws aching, you may be suffering from temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction.\u00a0 You will find this joint at the point where your jaw meets the rest of your face.\u00a0 TMJ sufferers, as many as 80% of whom are women, report such symptoms as: migraine-level headaches, loss of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n