My both side of jaw pains allot since I started my habit eating my lips. Its been 6 months its paining will it hypertrophy my jaw muscles or make it bigger then actually they are?

Question

Hello do you have headaches when you wake up? You might be suffering from bruxism/ night grinding habit bruxism reasons could be 1.you grind your teeth at night, which you may not be aware of 2. Lot of stress 3. Anger issues 4.habits like nail-biting, tongue thrust and other 5.cervical 6.nerve related 7.imbalaced bite 8. You eating only from one side or eating on one side more than the other. 9.may be genetically 10. Wisdom teeth 11. Teeth conditions in general, solutions could be 1. Getting a night guard 2. Splints 3. Deprogrammer 4. Balancing the occlusion and many more also, you can take a muscle relaxant and one antiinflammatory for the time being follow up. A complete dental check-up is important. This dental check-up will be different from a general dental checkup which includes 1. Soft tissue evaluation 2. Checking jaw joint- @ pre auricular palpitation, @ lateral auditory meatus palpitation @ hearing the click sounds @checking for early contacts @ checking for functional and nonfunctional contacts .and much more. For all this, you need to visit the dentist. Or dentist who is a tmj expert or oral maxillofacial surgeon.

Abi · Accepted Answer

Hello do you have headaches when you wake up? You might be suffering from bruxism/ night grinding habit bruxism reasons could be 1.you grind your teeth at night, which you may not be aware of 2. Lot of stress 3. Anger issues 4.habits like nail-biting, tongue thrust and other 5.cervical 6.nerve related 7.imbalaced bite 8. You eating only from one side or eating on one side more than the other. 9.may be genetically 10. Wisdom teeth 11. Teeth conditions in general, solutions could be 1. Getting a night guard 2. Splints 3. Deprogrammer 4. Balancing the occlusion and many more also, you can take a muscle relaxant and one antiinflammatory for the time being follow up. A complete dental check-up is important. This dental check-up will be different from a general dental checkup which includes 1. Soft tissue evaluation 2. Checking jaw joint- @ pre auricular palpitation, @ lateral auditory meatus palpitation @ hearing the click sounds @checking for early contacts @ checking for functional and nonfunctional contacts .and much more. For all this, you need to visit the dentist. Or dentist who is a tmj expert or oral maxillofacial surgeon.

Khalid Ansari · Answer

Hello lybrate-user. I think of you stop eating your lips you will be fine in few days.