While the treatment helped her TMJ-related pain, Bailey Turner tells PEOPLE it left her face feeling "completely frozen" ...

Starting the day with a splintering headache happens for me more often than not. The number of mouthguards I’ve gnawed my way through would rival the nibbling skills of a hamster and I’m unable to sit ...

Q The left side of my jaw used to click when I chewed. It was odd, but it didn’t bother me. Then one day last year, I couldn’t fully open ...

Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) limits jaw function and is so painful that it lessens the quality of life. Botulinum toxin—also known as botox—is emerging as an effective treatment option, but there ...

Where your lower jaw meets your skull, in front of your ear, you’ll find your TMJ, or temporomandibular joint. Problems with this joint or the surrounding muscles can result in temporomandibular ...

Our patient’s dental sinus was a form of cervicofacial actinomycosis, the most common Actinomyces infection in humans. Cervicofacial actinomycosis (or “lumpy jaw”) is typically a slowly progressive ...

A light-hearted golgappa outing turned into a shocking emergency in Uttar Pradesh’s Auraiya district when a woman’s jaw suddenly dislocated while she was enjoying the spicy snack. What began as a ...

New research by University of Cincinnati oral and maxillofacial surgeons suggests that treating isolated lower mandibular fractures on an outpatient basis has the same outcome and significantly lowers ...