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Jaw locking
It's been a month I have this problem of jaw lock. My jaw usually locks mainly during morning and evening. Sometimes when it get locked it pains until the bone craks.
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Hie.. get urself examined by the dentist .. for proper evaluation and severity of the same.. as per your description it seemed to be a “lock Jaw”
Does it also gets locked during yawning??
Next Steps
Kindly consult and examine yourself by the dentist
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Try not to avoid wider mouth openings
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Your condition is called Chronic Subluxation of TMJ. Start with conservative treatments like intraarticular Injection of Steriods. If Severe or Locking is quite often surgical treatment is usually advised
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Get a Fat suppressed T2 weighted MRI of TMJ after consulting your dentist/ Surgeon
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