Question 7 - Is my jaw dislocated?

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[CapuchinMonkey]

So helpful! I'd been freaking out all afternoon my jaw was dislocated and all webpages said yes, but you described my symptoms to a T when it comes to having sprained it instead of a dislocation. Saved me a doctors visit. Only downside is it's the side of my jaw where I hadn't had TMJ before. I don't need both sides to be a pain! Thank you :)

[reneer]

Thank you for this video. I have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome which causes all kinds of jaw issues. This sounds exactly like what usually happens.

[shannonelledge]

Thank you. My dentist really applied a lot of pressure to my lower jaw yesterday. My dentist tales Fridays off. So again thank you for helping me and thank you for going to school

[factsx]

Yes thank you ! I was freaking out because my bite is changed i have no pain but a tight jaw muscles and face tightness and slight ear ache sometimes it's been 5 days my Joint is locked can't open it fully and i was really worried about if My bite but my lower jaw slightly moved little backward and i need to move it little forward to bite it's though little change its not visible i can only feel it ....

[DaddyLyzerrah]

I can barely fit two fingers in my mouth. But when I move my lower jaw forward, it makes a clicking sound, and then I can open it wider, fitting almost four fingers. Moving my jaw forward and backward keeps making this uncomfortable clicking sound. I can also feel it at the top of both sides of my jaw, and it's been this way for many months. When I first got my jaw locked, I could only take small bites of food. But after I accidentally moved my jaw forward while brushing my teeth, I found out that doing that widens my mouth. So whenever I eat something, I always move my jaw forward. But now, when I eat or drink something, I don't think about it, and my jaw automatically opens without me even thinking about it, and it feels normal, like it's opening naturally.

[Suuegrl]

Hi, I had robotic surgery Dec 27, it is now 8/27. Surgery was to remove some tissue and a small area of cancer. I have no teeth, accept in a jar. I use to be able to eat with out teeth fine. I have been doing stretching and still on the non surgical side I cannot touch gums together, well on both sides, but surgery side, which was way back, they scraped down to the jaw bone. I am a small person, at 110 lbs normally. I have osteoporosis. I am concerned something happened to dislocate my jaw during surgery. I was told during these types of surgeries, that the muscles get stretched quite a bit. I can bite into a corn on the cob, mouth doesn't open as it should but I can do this. But what I cannot do is place food in the back of my good side and connect top and bottom to chew the food. Any food. I have been on a feeding tube for 2 months now. Have at cat scan, and new doc wants me to get a thereabite. I have however read that if the jaw is dislocated, the only real way to see this is with an mri. Food smells so good, I use to be a cook. And I am in tears over this. Soft. soggy food I can eat, accept scrambled eggs, as the smaller pieces get lost in my mouth and have to spit those out. Basically if I can swallow it in chucks is the only way i can get it down. One cannot taste swallowing chunks and I fear of choking as well. Any suggestions? Please and Thank You.

[carlospalomo]

My jaw was pulled from left to right at a chiropractor and something poped on my right side of my jaw. now I've been going thru all of the symptoms of TMJ. time passed im starting to eat a little better but still soft foods im still having problems yawning i yawn with my mouth closed im afraid to yawn normal. My question is how wide is my mouth supposed to open so I don't over do it.

[G___Zroot]

Question: I had a lower middle back tooth removed, and don't chew or use that side of as much now. Even tho I noticed this, I'm not sure how to keep my mouth/jaw proportionate or neutral. One of my sides is favored, creating imbalances. There's a really uncomfortable pain in a (neck?) muscle connecting under my jaw on the side w/ the missing tooth.. How can i check-in and make sure my jaw is aligned throughout the day w/out doing a lot of weird exercises, when I'm in meetings or around people for example. I don't want to stretch that neck muscle that's causing pain, because stretching feels like it makes it worse and gives me anxiety knowing I caused more pain by stretching it. I think it's more of a jaw issue than neck issue.
Not sure if this is where you leave questions or if this will get answered😅, but thank you for the videos you've been doing. I would Never go to the doctor for this. It's only because of people like you that I know about this stuff.

[Spy-vz]

If u have a dislocated jaw does it cause misaligned teeth (top and bottom) pain in front of ear with burning sensation, hurts to swallow, turn head or suck from a straw? What do u do if a dentist isn't open?

[miguelcoronal]

Stem cells in tmj? I found trial in phase 2 in internet and it works in pations with years without solution and articular cronical.

[Bunny_XD]

My jaw on the left side started hurting when I bite but as u mentioned I was able to do the 2 knuckle measures. It just hurts so I'm not sure what's wrong

[Aklassicdiva]

This happened to me. I yawned and heard a loud pop noise. It caused my disc to dislocate (w/reduction) and I’m wondering if I’ll ever go back to normal. I’ve limited my eating to soft foods for a month now. They fitted me for a splint to try to relax my condyle and allow the disc to slide back into place. In your experience, is there any chance this issue can be fixed? The reviews of people online provide little hope. I assume that’s because the people who have had the issue fixed don’t go into forums and make comments. Lol.

[mensworkbg]

Hello Doctor Dolgos. Question: how would you unlock a jaw locked closed / DDWOR. Usually during night sleep I'd get my jaw to lock up and I am unable to open it. Yesterday this happened again and it's been more than 24h now that I am unable to fully open my mouth or eat any food.


Any additional insight in this direction would be much appreciated.