TMJ Help Site

I have just recently been diagnosed with TMJ. No nausea or light headedness, just some cracking, popping and occasional pain. My doctor mentioned that it may be caused by night time teeth grinding (which i have been told by my dentist that i do) and i might want to look into getting a night guard mouthpiece. But when i opened the box, it said it was not recommended with people who have TMJ. But doesnt explain why. I want to stop the nighttime grinding, but i dont want to make my TMJ worse.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
(He just prescribed me an NSAID (Naproxen), some muscle exercises and recommened i use ice packs which i have been)

A couple years ago, i had pain in my jaw and it was very tight and would pop when opening my mouth. I went to the doctor and they told me I had TMJ. I got a night guard because it was caused from grinding my teeth while I was sleeping, soon after I started using it the TMJ went away. About a week ago I had an incident where I took a blow to my jaw and I think it was actually dislocated… Now I’m feeling the same symptoms as before when I had TMJ.. I read that when your jaw is dislocated your jaw muscles will enflame and tighten, so I’m guessing it’s because of this… I started using the night guard again because I noticed I’ve been grinding my teeth now… I’ve also been under a lot of stress lately, I guess my question is will this go away once the muscles heal from the dislocation? I’ve been eating soft foods and taking motrin but it still doesn’t seem to be really helping… I’m just looking for any insight you may have at all… thanks so much for your help
also I just remembered the fact that my night guard doesn’t fit well because I had it made right after I got braces off… When I wake up in the morning it feels like it shifted my teeth around like a retainer if you know what I mean, it seems like that would almost make it worse because of the fact that tmj can be caused by small misalignments of your teeth, any thoughts on that?

I have really bad tmj, so i got a mouth gaurd but i am scared to sleep with it incase i choke on it and die? is that possible, cause i wanna correct my tmj but thinking of choking is scaring me..

Thankss.

I have a bad case of TMJ and need a night guard for my mouth. I’ve been told I grind my teeth at night. I purchased a mouth guard from rite aid a year or two ago and it hasn’t helped. it was only 30.00 and it’s one of those ones you boil and it would move around in my mouth and wake me up it never helped. so whats a good mouthguard to use at night time that i can buy? I need something that will fit my teeth without moving, and something that isn’t like OVERLY expensive and will last a good bit to help with my grinding and TMJ?

I was diagnosed with TMJ last week was put on the 6 day Methylprednisolone packet, which I think really helped. Because I could not open my mouth and now I can but still have pain when I do.

I got my guard on Friday, I was told to wear the guard day and night for 3 weeks. Now the pain is acutally worse, as before only the left side where the loud pop and clicking is was hurting. Now he right side is hurting also.
I have also been getting terrible headaches and have ear pain on the left side. Was given Oxycodone for the pain but afraid to use that and only using Advil.

MY TMJ was caused by a blow to my jaw and going for MRI on Wednesday. He wanted it done last week, but did not have the money.

Has anyone else had a problem with the guard, causing more problems? Is there anything else I can do, as this is interefering with my sleep, I wake up with pain in the middle of the night.

I am already only eating soft foods.

I was diagnosed with TMJ last week was put on the 6 day Methylprednisolone packet, which I think really helped. Because I could not open my mouth and now I can but still have pain when I do.

I got my guard on Friday, I was told to wear the guard day and night for 3 weeks. Now the pain is acutally worse, as before only the left side where the loud pop and clicking is was hurting. Now he right side is hurting also.
I have also been getting terrible headaches and have ear pain on the left side. Was given Oxycodone for the pain but afraid to use that and only using Advil.

MY TMJ was caused by a blow to my jaw and going for MRI on Wednesday. He wanted it done last week, but did not have the money.

Has anyone else had a problem with the guard, causing more problems? Is there anything else I can do, as this is interefering with my sleep, I wake up with pain in the middle of the night.

I am already only eating soft foods.