For nearly everyone with TMD, it’s important to make adjustments to your everyday life to lessen the strain on your jaw joints and allow them to heal and align properly. Here are some home remedies that doctors and dentists often recommend before, or in addition to, other treatment methods...
Popping, cracking or clicking of the joints is not usually a cause for concern, provided that it does not occur all the time and it is not accompanied by symptoms like pain and swelling. However, it still maybe a sign of a problem that is not as yet clearly apparent. In these instances...
“TMJ is caused by jaw joints which are out of alignment, whereas jaw pain from cancer is due to the tumor.” According to a paper in Journal of Orofacial Pain (Fall, 1999), TMD is often the go-to and only diagnosis for patients who present with unexplained orofacial pain or some kind...
Tightens musclesto make the body more resilient to injury, including the head, face, jaw, and neck muscles. These tight muscles can affect Eustachian tube function, leading to pressure changes in the ear that can cause popping. Shunts blood to the brainto increase emergency awareness and reactiv...
The Titan beetle is an insect to be reckoned with: When cornered, it will make a hissing sound to ward off predators, and its jaw isstrong enough to penetrate human skinif necessary. This beetle is also so large that it cannot take off through wing power alone; it needs to first launch...