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Jaw cracking

2017-09-12 08:51:39
She just recently have toith extraction and she's experiencing jaw pain from the opposite side of the tooth extraction. Was there a crack in her jaw? The tooth extraction was lower left molar tooth and the jaw connecting the head the right upper jaw near the right ear is aching whenever she opwns the mouth. Was there a fracture aince she mention she heard cracking sound while the doctor was pulling her tooth
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Most probably it is TMJ dislocation, doctor should have supported the lower border of mandible, anyway get the X ray done to decide the final diagnosis.
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get the X ray (OPG)done to confirm the TMJ dislocation

Answered2017-09-12 09:57:27

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Jaw cracking is not possible ... but it might have got dislocated due to pressure ... or can be due to some other tooth problem on the respective side ...get urself checked ...

Answered2017-09-12 09:17:04

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