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Research on TMJ: What treatments work for you?
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Apr 26, 2022 | Replies (50)Comment receiving replies
@lioness
The surgeon says my bite is off. They would essentially break the jaw and put s screw in the roof of my mouth. They would then periodically adjust the screw to slowly widen my upper jaw so my bite would be aligned by the end of 6-8 weeks. They would clean out some bone chips from me trying to force my mouth to close the first time it locked open many years ago. Sounds like fun!! Sign me up. Uhhh supposed it would be a great diet. Not exactly running to the registration.
TMJ not so fun..
Dawn
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@dawn_giacabazi You,ve got s good sense of humor about it I,ll let you know what Jan tells me . Not awake yet
@dawn_giacabazi The remedy for this sounds terrible! I am amazed at what people go through with this. When I had a recurring problem in my early 20s, each occurrence only lasted a week or two. I had no idea at the time what the problem was.
Dawn, what are you planning to do to get over this? I too would not rush into surgery if there is any other possible solution.
JK
@dawn_giacabazi Not the way to lose weight for sure
Hi Dawn so grateful to hear what kind of surgery/treatment available. I have severe Trismus from HNC, cannot open my mouth at all. Luckily for me I am missing a molar that I can use for my prescriptions.
I had a video appointment appointment with a TMD specialist who just said to put chopsticks in my mouth a do some excercises. That was last September. Was diagnosed with the cancer in February seems it started on my tonsil and some of the mass is in the muscle that moves my jaw, had surgery and am now starting chemo radiation treatments. But now that I know there is a method I can push for that when I finally meet with the expert next month. I am a Kaiser Permanente patient retired on very limited funds so can't really afford to look elsewhere.
Anyway sorry for the long in and on hear but really truly very happy for sharing your experiences Lyn
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@dawn_giacabazi
I am not an expert, but that sounds like an extreme procedure. I had not surgery of any kind. I personally would not jump right into such an invasive procedure!
Ronnie