disturbedme
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Hi.
I am pretty sure I don't grind my teeth during my sleep, and my husband hasn't noticed if I do or not, but sometimes I wake up with a sore jaw and it often cracks.
Does this happen to anyone else?
Thanks!
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djf2005
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yeah i have 100% lyme related tmj
my jaws pops all the time, feels like its going to come out of socket
more so on one side
it is better on days when my other symptoms are not as bad
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I actually have "true" TMJ disorder. The bone that is supposed to be more or less round, is worn down so much it looks like a half-moon.
I went to a TMJ orthodontist. My medical (not dental) insurance covered all the treatment.
I wore a splint to give my jaw proper placement, then am wearing braces to get my teeth in the right place to hold it there.
It's been well-worth the treatment.
I would recommend that you go to the pharmacy and buy one of those night guards. It wasn't enough to help me, but it might be enough to fix your problem.
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tailz
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My jaw cracks and pops, too. I do grind my teeth, however - I have done this my entire life - so bad so that I actually sawed my lower teeth down extensively and shortened my upper front teeth considerably.
I had a mouth guard made, but I think this made me grind them even harder. I think I actually chipped some upper teeth on the guard, though my dentist said this isn't possible - the guard is softer than my teeth.
...but not if you have Lyme magnesium deficiencies. So, I don't believe him.
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CaliforniaLyme
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I had TMJ and it was terrible and all the pain went away thank GOODNESS!!!
BUT I can snap, crackle & *POP* EVERY joint in my body since Lyme!!!! My husband hates it when I demo- but my 10 year olds friends love it!!! they go, EEEWWW!!!! in chorus.
MAW-M!!! she says. NOW I know how fun it is to embarass a pre-teen!! CRACK CRACK CRACK!!! POP POP POP!! It is my only party trick*)!!!!
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tdtid
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Oddly, mine would pop every morning when I woke up but only on one side. But it happened consistently. I mentioned it to the dentist but since it only pops in the morning, it didn't happen in his office and he never saw any signs of it.
It was no biggie and I learned to live with it since I had much worse symptoms going on in my life with my undiagnosed illness. But the interesting thing is, is that I've been on treatment for 8 months now and it doesn't pop at ALL.
That would imply to me that in my particular case, it was lyme related. Now if only I could dump the other symptoms as easily.
Cathy
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CaliforniaLyme
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1: N Y State Dent J. 1989 Nov;55(9):46, 48, 50-2.Links Lyme disease misdiagnosed as TMJ syndrome. A case report.Lader E. Due to the high incidence of Lyme disease, the ease with which it can be misdiagnosed, and its potential for causing irreversible neurologic or cardiac complications and fatalities if left untreated, all patients living in known epidemic areas who manifest intractable facial pain, or what appears to be a case of temporomandibular joint syndrome that does not respond to therapy should be tested for Lyme Borelliosis. It should be remembered however, that not all patients with active Lyme disease produce antibodies, and it is thus imperative for the clinician to obtain a detailed patient history with a focused series of questions directed at the known presentations of the disease, with specific emphasis placed on the prior appearance of an ECM lesion.
PMID: 2812630
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