Re: TMJ Yikes!

conlt · ‎03-16-2010

A little update on my TMJ. Overall, I have been doing better with wearing the dental guard, relaxation, and massage. I do notice, the TMJ gets worse after I talk for long periods of time. For instance, I teach orientation for my company every other week. After talking for approx 6 hours in a day, my ear feels plugged and itchy and my jaw hurts.

After that, I try and relax the jaw and rest.

I think all of the suggestions here are great and appreciate all of them. I never realized how bad TMJ can be. As a nurse, I can sympathize and pass information on to any of my patients who experience TMJ.

SamBrown · ‎03-10-2010

@conlt Botox for the TMJ. Nothing works better.

SamBrown · ‎03-10-2010

@Pink123 Botox for your TMJ and you will be as good as new.

Pink123 · ‎07-10-2019

@SamBrown wrote:
@Pink123 Botox for your TMJ and you will be as good as new.

Thank you so much. Can you basically tell me where they inject ?

I'll bet by the temples!

Will call my PS's office about this because I'm sure my supplentnal "G" won't cover it unless he writes it down otherwise to the insurance company. It's not cosmetic so I don't see why they wouldn't.

Thank you!!!

ellaphant · ‎12-13-2010

@conlt wrote:
A little update on my TMJ. Overall, I have been doing better with wearing the dental guard, relaxation, and massage. I do notice, the TMJ gets worse after I talk for long periods of time. For instance, I teach orientation for my company every other week. After talking for approx 6 hours in a day, my ear feels plugged and itchy and my jaw hurts.
After that, I try and relax the jaw and rest.
I think all of the suggestions here are great and appreciate all of them. I never realized how bad TMJ can be. As a nurse, I can sympathize and pass information on to any of my patients who experience TMJ.

When I had TMJ, I also found talking a lot irritated my TMJ. My TMJ was totally cured by cold laser treatments. Mouth guards did nothing for me. Good luck.

wilma · ‎03-13-2010

Add me to the list of those who have suffered with TMJ.

My bite was always "off". My parents couldn't afford braces. By the time I started teaching & singing in my 20s, my jaw was in bad shape because the joint and muscles were being used constantly. It was sore most of the time. It would click and pop, and at times lock up on me.

After many years of suffering, I consulted with dentists and experts and decided to get veneers on my top teeth and Invisalign on my bottom teeth. I had all the work done over the course of 2 years when I was in my mid 30s. In order to protect the work and prevent teeth grinding, they made me a custom bite guard. Since then, I've had a few new custom bite guards made for me. I am in my early 60s now and still wear one for sleeping.

When my TMJ was really bad, I wore the bite guard all day and night except when I sang, ate, and brushed & flossed. I remember my students asking me why my speech was slurred a bit, and I popped out my mouthpiece to show them. Sometimes I had to take muscle relaxers to get through the worst times.

After the veneers and Invisalign fixed my bite, and with continued wearing of the bite guard, my TMJ eventually went away. No more popping, soreness, or locking up. I also have a better looking smile. I still wear my custom bite guard for sleeping and get my bite checked regularly by my dentist.

I hope all those suffering with this condition find some relief.

10sluvr · ‎03-10-2010

I started wearing a night guard, a couple of years ago. I started to grind my front teeth together. DDS said it was due to stress(during pandemic). It has really helped.

Does anyone have a great way to clean them? My dds didn't say much except to brush it. thanks.

PrettyGerl · ‎04-14-2015

@10sluvr wrote:
I started wearing a night guard, a couple of years ago. I started to grind my front teeth together. DDS said it was due to stress(during pandemic). It has really helped.

Does anyone have a great way to clean them? My dds didn't say much except to brush it. thanks.

I have had mine for several years. I recently saw the company that makes tablets that you put in a glass of water for dentures, now makes same for night mouth guards. Am going to check this out. I was told to not use toothpaste as it can cause damage to the appliance. Very strange there hasn't been anything on the market for cleaning.

Zaimee · ‎07-17-2019

@PrettyGerl @10sluvr

My dentist gave me some of the denture cleaner tablets.
But usually use toothpaste. Have had no problems but will check out that tablet specifically for mouth guards. Thanks.

cotton4me · ‎03-09-2010

@10sluvr wrote:
I started wearing a night guard, a couple of years ago. I started to grind my front teeth together. DDS said it was due to stress(during pandemic). It has really helped.

Does anyone have a great way to clean them? My dds didn't say much except to brush it. thanks.

@10sluvr My dentist told me to brush them using salt.