clicking of jaw refers to a clicking or cracking sound when you speak or chew or yawn.Its a common symptom of temporomandibular joint disorder.
Symptoms are: 1 Jaw pain 2 Headaches 3 Earaches 4 Neck pain
Jaw clicking can range from mild to severe, and can affect one or both sides. Depending on severity clinician provides remedies accordingly. example - surgical and non surgical.
WHY DOES MY MOUTH CLICK -
Your jaw might click because of the following condition-
BRUXISM (teeth grinding or clenching)
Habits like biting your fingernails or chewing excessively.
Arthritis
Malocclusion (your teeth does not fits in alignment when you bite or close mouth).
Skeletal abnormalities in your jaw bone.
Muscle tention as a result of stress and anxiety.
Trauma from accident or sports related injury.
Hereditary
TREATMENT -
Jaw clicking can be treated by following ways like -
-Lifestyle changes
This can be don by eleminating habits like,
1 Biting nails 2 Cruching of hard food or ice 3 Eating lots of hard and chewy foods.
-Medication 1 Anti depressant to reduce stress and anxiety. 2 Muscle relaxants to relieve tention.
-Physiotherapy Certain muscle exercise to be done.
-Non surgical treatment
It includes-
Temporomandibular disorder -TRIGGER POINT MASSAGE- Your clinician will find muscle knots and use massage to relax them.
Radio wave therapy - Your clinician will use radio waves to increase blood flow a d stimulate joints .
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation - It is a machine ,once it turned on it will send stimulations or electrical impulse to your jaw bone and provide temporaray pain relief.
-Surgery Anthrocentesis Arthroscopy Arthroplasty