About a month ago while brushing my teeth the left side of my jaw locked open and I couldn’t close my mouth. I sort of wiggled it side to side and it soon went back to normal.
I was at the dentist today and she was halfway through cleaning them and It did it again, was quite sore she massaged it and put her warm hands on it but after five mins or so it wasn’t having it.
She got another dentist to come in and she sat me with my head resting against the wall and managed to get it to release at the second attempt (must have been the mention of A&E that did it!) I came home and it’s been okay since, they told me not to eat anything chewy or open my mouth much, and showed me what to do if it happens again.
The dentist rang me later to make sure I was okay and is going to see me in three weeks so at least it happened in the ‘right’ place.
It’s a bit achy now but not painful.