intense pain when chewing Posted: 12-29-07 00:01am
Since I was little I would always get this
sharp intense pain as soon as I put food
in my mouth start to chew my food. Right
as it touches my cheek inside my mouth I
would get the pain. It's just an intense
burning feeling that makes me cringe
everytime it happens. It lasts for about 3
seconds and then goes away. The weird
thing is, this only happens the first or
second time I begin to eat. After that it
doesn't happen anymore. It happens on both
sides of my faces depending on which side
the food goes in. The pain feels like it
is in the nerves that originate right in
front of my ear. Sometimes I can feel it
slightly if I think about it and move my
saliva around.
Does anyone know what this could be?
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prdent1
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Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 70
Posted: 12-30-07 21:59pm
have you ever ask your dentist? it sounds
like a temporomandibular problem do you
grind or clench your teeth? many people do
that when sleeping so you have to ask
someone to tell you...does you have any
clicking or popping sound when you open
and close your jaw?
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KyleG
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Aug 2007 Posts: 14
Posted: 12-30-07 22:10pm
yes I was already told I might have TMJ
but I have had this problem since I was a
little kid which makes me think it is
unrelated to TMJ because I didn't have
problems with my jaw at that time.
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 12-31-07 15:55pm
this sounds like tmd so im gonna move it
over to the tmj forum. I have this problem
as well. a lot of things that happen when
you have tmd are not associated with tmd
but is referred to the place by the jaw
