Monday, April 20, 2009

MJ/TMD and Teeth Pain....Common?

I have been recently diagnosed with TMD/TMJ due to a lifetime of grinding and clenching. On top of that I had a recent root canal done and I am wearing a temporary crown. The pain from the tooth has caused me to grind up against the temp crown tooth and that whole area of teeth has been experiencing nerve pain, in on, and around the teeth, as well as the jaw and ear, all nerve-type pain. I currently take 600-800mg of Advil (Ibuprofen) and 1/2 - 1 whole Fioricet for the pain. (I ran out of Vicodin for the tooth canal.) I have not been in such sharp pain in a really long time, and I wanted to know if this nerve type of pain was a common type of pain for TMJ disorders?

MJ/TMD and Teeth Pain....Common?
this is a common pain. I had tmj due to my wisdom teeth growing in sideways. I used a night guard at night and it worked wonders. I wouldnt grind my teeth or clench them. If i were you i would start using one. the pain will go away
Reply:Hello, given the information you have thus far provided it sounds as though no dental professional zeroed in on the real problem, which by the way isn%26#039;t unusual...most and I mean most dental professionals don%26#039;t catch on to what I%26#039;m about to tell you. From the personal history you provided, in the past you have been treated for the %26quot;symptom%26quot; not the actual cause of your gritting and grinding. Gritting and grinding can certainly cause a variety of problems with teeth and the jaw joint, but the cause of your gritting and grinding is most likely a %26quot;Stress%26quot; issue....I call it EDS..and that applies even id you have all your teeth,EDS in my speciality means Emotional Denture Stress, but like I said the same issues and symptoms apply even if you have all you teeth. So, I%26#039;ll add to this my information page to explain EDS..and you can see how it affects you.





(EDS)


EMOTIONAL DENTURE STRESS


By: The Denture Pro.


Copyright - 1980


%26lt;thedenturepro@aol.com%26gt;





The number of denture wearers who suffer from (EDS), Emotional Denture Stress


is far greater than those in the dental profession realize. Even today many dental


professionals do not recognize (EDS) or know what to do about it when they do figure out


that something emotional is affecting the patient.





(EDS) is usually exhibited by one or more of several different symptoms. The most


common symptoms are red rash gum tissue, sore spots, loss of gum bone, fatty gum tissue,


loose dentures. Not every symptom is the results of a patient suffering (EDS), but almost


every patient who is suffering from (EDS) will have most all of the symptoms.





(EDS), Emotional Denture Stress is created by problems related to one of the


following areas. Health, Marriage, Employment, Money, Sex and Self Esteem. Let me give


you some examples of (EDS) in some of those areas.





It may be that the patient has a very close loved one who has a terminal illness and


because of that they stay very emotionally affected...A health problem doesn’t have to be


one that affects the patient personally.





It could be that the patient really dislikes where they work or someone they work


with and when it’s time to go to work they begin to get up tight emotionally. It could be


that a patient is dealing with the fact that they or someone close to them is in sever financial


striates and any number of situations could exist that is sexual in nature. Then of coarse


you have the patient who has great concern as to their own feelings of being a worthwhile


person....that could be due to abuse from a spouse, family member or friends. In any event


dealing with one or more of the above mentioned situations can cause a great deal of


problems for a denture wearer.





This is how it works.....let’s look at it as though it were a large clock on the wall.


Let’s say that you get up in the morning and what ever it is that causes your stress to start


up begins. We call that 12:00 on the stress clock. Between 12:00 and 3:00 on the stress clock


(which could be hours or even days) the stress you feel causes you to clinch your teeth


together, over and over and over. Between 3:00 and 6:00 on the stress clock the pressure


from clinching or grinding presses the denture into the gum tissue and that pressure forces


the fluid in the gum tissues to be squeezed out and into the floor of the mouth. Between


6:00 and 9:00 the pressing of the denture into the gums had forced the tissue fluids out and


the gums shrink making the denture loose. The lack of tissue fluids allows the tissue to be


forced against the hard denture on one side and the hard bone on the other. This constant


pressure causes sore spots and eventually bone shrinkage..





NOW....when the shrinkage, sore spots and looseness gets to be to much the patient


shows up for treatment of those conditions at the dental professionals office. Between 9:00


and 12:00 on the Stress Clock the dental professional trys a number of treatment plans to


restore the patients dentures to painless well functioning dental appliances......HOWEVER,


if the true cause of the (EDS) is not discovered and dealt with, the Stress Clock will begin


ticking again and all the same old problems will return or stay as is.....What’s more, there


is “no” dental treatment plan or service that can over come the affects of “Emotional


Denture Stress”.





It’s very sad to have a patient that can’t be helped due to the fact hat they suffer


from (EDS) and either doesn’t know it or doesn’t have the courage to deal with it. I’ve seen


a number of patients who found out about their (EDS) through getting their first dentures


and through realizing it existed took steps to correct the issues, in some cases it took


professional counseling. Then there were those who through conversations on a private


basis realized they needed professional help but didn’t have the courage to seek it out,


usually those were abuse or drug related situations.





The bottom line is that any dental professional worth his or her salt should be able


to recognize they are dealing with a person suffering from (EDS) and after realizing what is


going on should be very straight forward with the patient and explain what their options


are.....and the bottom most line is that unresolved “EDS” Emotional Denture Stress creates


denture problems that “NO” dental professional can overcome by adjusting, grinding,


relining or even replacing the denture.......you can’t cure a disease by covering up the


symptom.





If you have questions regarding this information you may Email


%26lt;thedenturepro@aol.com%26gt;
Reply:THE FACIAL NERVE WHICH INNERVATES MANY AREAS IN THE HEAD INCLUDING THE JOINTS IN THE TMJ.


THE GRINDING AT NIGHT DUE TO STRESS CAUSES TMD PROBLEMS AND THE N.T.I. BRUXISM APPLIANCE THE DENTIST CAN MADE FOR YOU MAY RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.
Reply:Not sure if you%26#039;ve had the temporary crown adjusted since it was placed. The root canal itself will hurt some until it heals, but sharp pain is generally a sign that the entire nerve wasn%26#039;t removed.





I don%26#039;t know which order the THD/root canal are in, but i%26#039;d definitely make an appointment with the dentist that did the root canal and temporary crown and discuss the matter. It could be as simple as adjusting the crown, or it could require more endodontic treatment.



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