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What's wrong with my jaw?
I'm a 13 year old girl and there's something wrong with my jaw. It's been going on for about a year now. At the beginning, it was just when I chew food or him or whatever it would kinda get stuck if that makes sense. It gets really hard to keep chewing. But last month it started not opening all the way. When I yawn it'll sometimes only let me open halfway so I have to close my mouth and test every few minutes to see if I can open it because I'm afraid that I'll get hurt if I force it. Is there some easy way to fix this or should I ask my parents to take me to a doctor?
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It could just be muscle cramps or it could be something very serious. If you do a search online of your symptoms, you'll find a lot of people complaining of the same exact thing. Your parents don't need to take you to the emergency room or anything, but you should explain to them what has been happening, talk about what it could be, and schedule an appointment to get it checked out just in case. Good luck!
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PS - Don't let the Internet frighten you. Most of the time when you start looking up symptoms online, you end up thinking that you're going to die. It's probably not serious at all.
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What you have is most likely a Temporo-mandibular disorder.
This can be verified and treated by a specialist so you need to tell your parents.If there is any significant change left to your skeletal structure due to the fact you are still growing at your age, perhaps any growth changes may affect it positively, making it go away on its own or make it worse. A doctor should be able to determine what may be contributing to the discorder. Usually one goes to see their dentist who will prescribe a specialist in the Dental arena.
There are many websites discussing TMD or TMJ and here is one of them:
Good luck dear...hope you get relief from that soon.
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I'm not a doctor none of us are so we cannot make any diagnoses.
When was the last time you saw your dentist? This is something your dentist would have noticed during one of your exams during the year. IF you have not seen your dentist or if the dentist did not notice this or did not say anything; then I believe you should see another doctor.
In fact given how long this has gone on I would suggest you ask mom or dad to take you to a Maxillofacial Surgeon. These are doctors who are dentists as well and specialize in the injuries to the face and jaws. For something that has gone on this long in my opinion it is best to go right to top of the chart then put you through the trouble of seeing maybe you family doctor then your dentist and then probably the Maxillofacial surgeon.
What may have happened to you , which is quite common, is that at some point you somehow caused your jaw to partially unhinge. It happened to most of us and what we feel is a small pop at the back of are jaw when it pops back into place. If, and this is a big if as x-rays are needed, I'm right a small office surgery is needed to put the jaw back in alignment. It is not a very painful procedure and you can be a sleep for it if you wish.
When you wake up your jaw will be in alignment and you will be very giddy. You may want mom or dad to take video of you after the procedure as you won't believe what they tell you as to how you acted.
Most important is to tell mom and dad about the problem so they can start to find the proper doctor to fix it. Oh if you are concerned about missing school you won't miss any school as this can be done after school on Friday and you will be ready to return to school on Monday.
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