My DH has sleep apnea and for the last 6 months has had a painful jaw so we believe he is grinding his teeth or clenching in his sleep, his dentist said if it's not causing his teeth any pain then he would not provide a mouth guard.
Fast forward to last week my DH googled TMJ as his jaw was particularly painful and read about some stretches to try with his mouth and jaw which he practiced for 2 days and from Thursday afternoon has had extremely painful teeth top and bottom on one side of his mouth which painkillers aren't touched.
He got an emergency appointment with the dentist on Friday who x-rayed all the teeth on that side and said there is definitely no infection, decay or holes etc and this pain has been caused by the stretches, obviously advised to stop them, eat soft food, try not to open his mouth wide, massage the jaw on the outside and try to contain even yawns etc and if this didn't improve in 2 weeks he would next provide a mouth guard.
It's been 5 days and my DH is still in agony, he's taking the maximum paracetamol and nurofen doses each day and using a hot water bottle and following dentists instructions but he's barely sleeping due to the pain.
Sorry this was long winded, didn't want to drip feed. Has anyone been through this and can suggest anything? He can't carry on like this, it's effecting his ability to work. Thanks.
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Nogodsnomasters · 28/01/2020 07:54
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