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Clicking jaw while eating

  • 30-08-2010 10:08am
    #1
    Smcgie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,379 ✭✭✭


    Hi folks, hope I can get some advice. When I'm eating my right jaw is clicking/cracking/grinding on every chew. Its not a new thing but seems to be getting more painfull lately.

    Can a dentist help me here or should I be going to a gp. Other people are starting to notice the clicking too and commenting on it.


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  • #2
    helimachoptor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,693 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    My mam makes this sound when eating, does my brain in so much!


  • #3
    Smcgie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,379 ✭✭✭Smcgie


    lol my OH goes bananas when it happen and she thinks I'm doing it on purpose...

    Did she ever get it looked at?


  • #4
    helimachoptor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,693 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    No, it's never given her a problem she can hear it but she says it doesnt feel "strange" so why bother getting poked and prodded for nothing. Its been a long time since i lived at home so thankfully listening to it is very rare these days!


  • #5
    Big_G
    Moderators Posts: 1,589 ✭✭✭Big_G


    See a dentist and have your temporomandibular joints assessed.


  • #6
    obliviousgrudge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 703 ✭✭✭obliviousgrudge


    Yeah, this happens to me the odd time, it doesn't hurt, its just quite annoying.


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  • #7
    Jarren
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,692 ✭✭✭Jarren


    Big_G wrote: »
    See a dentist and have your temporomandibular joints assessed.

    My gf is in the same boat.No pain but just annoying.I was wondering about the treatment for that..

    thanks

    J


  • #8
    Big_G
    Moderators Posts: 1,589 ✭✭✭Big_G


    Non-surgical treatment usually consists of either a hard or soft mouthguard to be worn either full-time or part-time. Surgical treatment usually consists of arthroscopy and irrigation (sticking a little camera in there and rinsing out with salty water). Some dentists and specialists advocate opening the joint space by changing the way that the teeth meet together, but it is a contentious issue.


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