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Sue
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Date Posted: 15:57:45 08/13/04 Fri
In reply to:
naomi
's message, "Re: jaw pain- what to do?" on 13:15:01 08/13/04 Fri
>I have never had an adjustment done on my braces yet
>(only had them for 6 weeks) but when I had them put on
>I had a pretty achey jaw afterwards. I have TMJ
>disorder and usually any type of dental work can cause
>it to flare up. I didn't get anything for pain when
>I had them put on because I was already on tylenol
>with codeine for my shoulder. Even the tylenol with
>codeine wasn't cutting through the jaw pain. I took
>some advil liqui-gels and they actually worked quite
>well! I'm not sure if you have tried them but if
>not..it's a thought.
>
>Do you find that you grind your teeth more at night
>now that you have braces? I have a malloclusion as
>well, and lately I grind my teeth really bad at night
>and it wakes me up. I'm afraid I'm going to grind the
>brackets right off!!!! My midline was shifted to the
>right and the problems I am having seem to be mostly
>on that side.
I have TMJ also and so far my jaw hasn't ached too much. My facial muscles are tight though and I use heat and massage on my face. The dental assistant at the Ortho's office just had her braces taken off. I asked her what type of pain she had with her braces and she said jaw pain. She doesn't have TMJ though. So, I guess that jaw pain can happen to anyone with braces. Since I take Bextra for arthritis, I try not to take additional Advil, but sometimes I do take it. Some days I take Tylenol arthritis which is just more mgs. of Tylenol and it helps.
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