My Jaw Clicks – Should I Be Concerned?

The Doctors are joined by cosmetic dentist Dr. Laurence Rifkin to answer a Drs. staffer question from Karly who is dealing with a clicking jaw, which she’s worried might be causing permanent damage.

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[breebaker]

Like I swear the doctors reads my mind and posts stuff occurring to me

[tkcassidy]

My jaw clicks sometimes it locks up and I can't open my mouth.

[XxBrittanyxX]

Mine clicks when I talk and mostly eat. It has hurt before too. My best friend can hear it click when I eat

[yeastori]

I had a bad case where my entire ear felt like someone was stabbing it with a pencil and it was chronic for a month, it was the worse part of my life. I couldn't sleep and it almost drove me to suicide to escape the pain.

[pmsnowraven]

I've had TMJ since I was a teenager and I still have found no relief.

[beinggiovanni]

My jaw seems to have slipped out of place and I can't open my mouth more than an inch. Due to this issue eating has become rather difficult. Not to mention the fact that the region where my jaw starts just below my ear hurts when I eat very solid foods (on the right side). However, I do believe the pain is due to the pressure when crunching down. I really want to solve this problem. I am a little worried that I have waited too long to try to figure what went wrong. This issue first occurred about three weeks ago. At first my jaw kept shifting and I couldn't open my mouth wide but after awhile it would go back into place. At this point I don't know what can be done. What can I do? I need help Doctors, please!

[thecrazycatlady]

Mine used to do this too! It would randomly do it constantly for no reason. I would be talking, eating, sleeping it didn't matter. Thankfully over time it just stopped. I figured it was just a stress related problem.

[ashen]

When I open my mouth widely, my jaws have that huge crack sound too, but it doesn’t bother me, should I go to hospital for checking?

[Vinnicombe]

I love cracking my jaw. Idk why I do it tbh 😂

[Fabian__.]

I have this but my jaw sometimes locks up completely and I can't open my mouth

[marisaa.tamayo]

this happens to me a lot, my jaw locks up and then it clicks open. it's weird af.

[omari]

I did a jaw surgery because my teeth didn't match together so it kinda get rid of the problem over time

[rebellefleur]

I have the same thing I also cannot open my mouth very wide at all in the mornings. Sometimes it locks up and cant move at all.

[doveimillennium]

Hi sir, my jaw clicked/cracked/popped for the first time, will it change my face shape or structure?
I will be very thankful if you take the time to reply to my question.

[timman]

My jaw used to click. It stopped since I started wearing a mouth Guard when I sleep

[angelhanooda]

My jaw used to click and I never noticed until my dentist told me about it and warned me that it could become serious in the future (I was 16 at the time) and said that it must be from chewing gum (which I used to be obsessed with everyone knew me to always have gum in my purse) and I got scared and stopped chewing gum as much that I rarely ever do now, the clicking stopped now but I do get some pain sometimes and it's always a worry. I don't know if I should get it checked still because nobody really take it seriously and neither did I until I saw this video.

[licensedandinsureda]

My husbands usto do that so bad and it went away alone, don't know how but it was at a level 10 ! And it just stopped.

[anndam__]

It's TMJ, lucky mine wasn't bad at all! It could be grinding your teeth at night! I had that since I was a kid, my dentist recommended me to get night guard.. it helps the pain. I got it, I should be using every night, but I used it went my jaw it hurts.

[laceyrein]

I have a bubble in between the skin on my nose. Like I can pop it up and down. It makes my nose look slighter bigger on one side.

[inactive]

Its neen happening to me for about a year and it started when i fell asleep in a car. I didn't think about it at first