My jaw is always paining it's been a year and my jaw feel very tight because of constant movement will it cause hypertrophy to my jaw muscles?

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Hello, you need some kind of relaxant and deprogrammer. Otherwise excessive movement will cause pain in joint and yes it can cause hypertrophy also.

Suneet Khandelwal · Accepted Answer

Hello, you need some kind of relaxant and deprogrammer. Otherwise excessive movement will cause pain in joint and yes it can cause hypertrophy also.

Abi · 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

No nothing of that sort will happen. Get yoursefl checked from an oral surgeon.

Shyamsundar Sumethira · Answer

If you smoke you will develop atrophy of mouth tissue and pre cancerous lesions you can visit nearby dentist.