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If you answer "Yes" to 17 or more of these questions, you have some form of TMJ problem. For additional information, please contact our office for free consultation.
- Do you have a grating, clicking or popping sound in either or both jaw joints when you chew or open and close your mouth?
- Do you have sensations of stuffiness, pressure or blockage in your ears? Is there excessive war wax production?
- Do you ever have ringing, roaring, hissing or buzzing sound in your ears?
- Do you ever feel dizzy or faint?
- Is your jaw painful or locked when you get up in the morning? Does is get stuck?
- Are you ever nauseous for no apparent reason?
- Do you fatigue easily or consider yourself chronically fatigued?
- Are there imprints of your teeth on the sides of your tongue?
- Is it difficult or impossible to swallow quickly five times in a row with the last swallow being as easy as the first swallow?
- Does your tongue go between your teeth when you swallow?
- Do your fingers sometimes go numb?
- Do you have pain or soreness in any of the following areas: jaw joints, upper jaw or teeth, lower jaw or teeth, side of neck, back of head, forehead, behind eyes, temples, tongue or chewing muscles?
- Is it hard to move your jaw from side to side or forward and backward?
- Do you have difficulty in chewing your food?
- Do you gulp your food, swallowing it whole or almost whole?
- Do you have any missing back teeth?
- Have you had extensive dental crowns and bridgework that were painful afterwards?
- Do you clinch your teeth during the day?
- Do you grind your teeth at night? (Ask your family...)
- Do you ever awaken with a headache?
- Have you ever had a whiplash injury?
- Have you ever worn a cervical collar or had neck traction?
- Have you ever experienced a blow to the chin, face or head?
- Have you reached the point where drugs no longer relieve your symptoms?
- Does chewing gum start or worsen your symptoms?
- Is it painful, or is there soreness when you press your jaw joints or the cheek just below them?
- Is it painful to stick your "pinky" fingers into your ears with your mouth open wide and then close your mouth while pressing forward with your "pinky" fingers?
- Does your jaw deviate to the left or right when you open wide? (Look in a mirror.)
- Are you unable to insert your first three fingers vertically into your mouth when it is opened wide?
- Is your face crooked and not symmetrical?
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