Jaw cracking

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Jaw cracking

Asked for Female, 24 Years

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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Dr. Yogesh Sonawane

Dentist 12 yrs exp Nashik

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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

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Dr. Shubhra Aggarwal Dentist 11 yrs exp Delhi · Accepted Answer

Dr. Shubhra Aggarwal

Dentist 11 yrs exp Delhi

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 ...