Dentist Caused Tmj??

Update on my TMJ caused by my dentist. Well it's been about 3 months now and I finally just recently started the physical therapy within 2-3 week, my jaw, beleieve it or not is basically back to perfect working order with no pain. YES!!!! the only thing left is the ear clicking. My physical therapist took a 2 week vaction for her wedding so I had to chill out for awhile until she came back, in that time I tried to figure out what was causing this ear clicking...
one day I was looking at myself in the mirror and noticed when I tilted my head from left to right (movement- try to rest ear on shoulder) I saw that the right side of my neck looked REALLY streched out and when when I tilted it the other way I saw that the bottom muscle of the neck( where the top of a tie would go) the muscle was moving in the wrong direction, compared to the left side.
The Therapist came back about 2 weeks ago and I told her what I found and she said it looks like the root of all my problems are comming from the neck muscles called the Sternocleidomastoid(SCM) This muscle connects from your sternum, to the collar bone then to the back of the ear. She has been working on it for about 2 weeks and I see VERY little improvement with the clicking it's more like changing the type of clicking, but I do see improvement. She said this will probably take awhile to get back to normal, So there is still hope. And until I see that my neck is back to perfect working order, I will not give up hope that everything will get back to normal... Hope this helps people that might not know whats going on with their new situation, maybe this could be a good start.

God Bless.....

That's just GREAT Stagnet!!! I couldn't be happier for you. I do hope and pray that you get back to "normal" too.

Bless you and praise God,
Carol

I'm happy i saw this forum, I also have tmjd, when i opened my mouth wide when i woke up i just heard a loud cracking sound so i try to do it again hoping it will correct itself then it was the same, I felt my jaw muscle is so stiff. Then i went to breakfast and i was able to eat few pcs of soft bread and milk( chewing was hard already), so i tried to open and close it hoping i just need to exercise it but the more it become stiff, after a few hours its even harder to open it so i was on a liquid diet for that day and i took 2pcs 50mg of anti-inflammatory medicine the next day i can open my mouth already but on wide, when i opened it wide to brush my teeth it is painful again, but the pain stop right after i will finish brushing my teeth.

I feel normal with everything, i only experience pain when i eat (chew) and brush my teeth, but i cant just go like this longer, so I was thinking of going to the doctor, my choice is a chiropractor, do u really think they can help me. A for you who have gone to a chiro how many treatment does it take for you to be completely ok.

I will pray that all of us here will be ok soon.

neuromuscular dentistry would do wonders for you. go to the chiro as well because both together work the best. As for how many treatments--that really depends on you--how bad it is etc. Im sure that they can help you.

it is very common so i found out afer i was diagnosed with tmj about 9 years ago after my orthodantist put two bridges in my mouth and messed up the alinement of my jaws....

look for a specialest and use ibuprofin and a warm rag for pain releaf at home