It is known that he had previously suffered from temporal arthritis, which had surgery, causing his face to be deflected, deformed and leaned in a lot of weight due to abstinence.This disease is quite common, although it is not a dangerous disease, but in some severe cases, patients have surgery and seriously affect life.

The temporal joint connects the lower jaw bone to the bone of the skull on each side, is one of the most complex joints in the body, playing an important role in chewing, swallowing, yawning and talking.

Jaw arthritis (also known as temporal joint disorders, temporal jaw arthritis) are jaw disorders and surrounding facial muscles leading to cyclical pain, muscle spasms, weight lossBy joints between jawbone and skull, seriously affecting the patient's daily life.

The temporal arthritis takes place on one or both sides of the face.At first, the pain in the cheeks or temples is mild and can go away on its own.When the disease is serious, pain with continuous frequency, intense, especially at eating and chewing, emitting a sixteen sound accompanied by a few other manifestations such as headache, facial pain, neck fatigue, ear aches, ear aches,On both sides of the temples, tired, growing lymph nodes on one or both sides, swollen muscle chewing causing the face to be unbalanced.

If not treated promptly, the disease can cause complications of dislocations, joints that cause pain and can not open their mouths.

5 daily habits can lead to jaw arthritis

The leading cause of diseases are osteoarthritis diseases such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, bacterial joints, after traumatic jaw injury due to accidents ....In addition, 5 daily habits that can cause disease include:

Tighten jaw: Many people have the unconscious habit of gnawing due to stress or chronic anxiety.This action can create great pressure on the teeth, transmitted to the jaw joint, leading to pain and inflammation.

Chew: The habit of chewing outside the meal can cause the joints and jaw muscles to be used too much, causing stress that the spasms move to the neck and head.The habits related to stress, such as chewing gum, cigarettes, pencils, ice cubes and other objects.For example, chewing gum on average 20 minutes for each piece, some people have a habit of chewing on one side, leading to one side of the temple joint to work too much, leading to pain and inflammation.

In addition, a diet high in hard and chewy foods such as raw vegetables, dried meat also contributes to degeneration of jaw cartilage.

Using teeth incorrect cfunction: Using teeth for functions in addition to chewing food increases the likelihood of disease.For example, using teeth to open the bottle, tear tape and bite the seeds, the jaw joints are subject to unnatural movements and pressure.In addition to being chipped and chipped, these habits also cause an imbalance between the upper and lower jaw, putting pressure on the muscles and surrounding ligaments, causing chronic pain and inflammation.

Bad postureand lie on your stomach: The hunchback posture causes excessive neck and lower jaw to the front, causing imbalance of jaw and bite joints.Or many people have a habit of jaw when studying, surfing social networks or watching TV.This posture may be comfortable, but may put pressure on the jaw, pushing into the joints, causing the disc to deviate from the position and cause pain when opening and closing the jaw.Sleeping on your stomach will put further pressure on the jaw because the head, neck and back are not aligned.

Eat large pieces: When biting the pieces of food too big compared to the mouth, the jaw must expand too much to accommodate the larger food pieces, which worsen the pain and can cause dislocated jaw, causing chronic pain and chronic pain andInflammation.

Treatment of temporal arthritis

In order to treat this disease, it should be performed in the hospital, medical examination and treatment facility with a specialized doctor in this pathology and depending on the cause and degree of disease.To reduce joint pain and muscle pain, patients will be prescribed a number of painkillers.In addition, the doctor may add more physical therapy methods (infrared projection, muscle massage, hot compresses ...).Next is the method of wearing chewing troughs, to reduce the effects of grinding teeth and adjusting the bite.

If the molars are the cause of the disease, the patient will be treated with orthopedic methods such as braces, tooth extraction, bite adjustment, cosmetic prosthesis or alveolar bone surgery... When responding to good treatment, the disease may recover after a few days.

Severe cases, including the bone structure in the jaw joints;The tumor is in or around the joint;The joints with scars, joints need surgery to cut jaw bone, to help reduce pain and jaw stiffness.

In severe cases, complicated causes, the treatment process can last for a year, sometimes having to live with the disease throughout the lifetime and the life of the patient can be seriously affected.

Therefore, in order to prevent disease, people need to avoid the 5 habits mentioned above and when there are manifestations of the disease, it is necessary to go to medical facilities to be examined and treated by a specialist.Despite the mild disease of jaw arthritis, the ineffective treatment can lead to severe complications later.