Is there any medicine for opening mouth fully. My mouth doesn't open fully due to chewing gutkha.
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Dear Lybrate user, mouth opening takes time to restore to normal. You need to follow medication, diet and lifestyle changes sincerely. No dentist can be in a state to prescribe medicine for such a condition without clinical checkup. We need to assess the degree of damage before recommending any treatment. Consult your local dentist immediately. You may start off by completely quitting your habit, avoid spicy and extremely salty and fried food, do mouth opening and closing exercises in front of the mirror, consume a soft diet and take lycopene supplements. There are certain ointments to be applied to the area, sometimes injections are given in the problematic region but all of this can only be assessed after clinical checkup.
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Quit habits strictly. Seems like you have oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF). Kindly consult an oral & maxillo facial surgeon in person for further suggestion. We need more investigations with clinical examination to decide upon treatment. You may need conservative or surgical management for mouth opening depending upon the stage of OSMF .Advise full mouth opening, ballooning exercise & side to side movement of the jaw. Wrap 25 to 30 ice-cream sticks, make a bundle, put it between upper & lower front teeth for 15 minutes thrice a day increase 1 sticks each day.
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