I'm curious if anyone else has heard of/dealt with this.
I saw the dentist today, b/c I have lots of pain on the right side of my jaw. After x-rays, etc. turned up nothing extraordinary, dentist suggested that my problems is that I have very strong facial muscles on my right side, which is causing me to bite down harder on the right side, than the left, and causing my teeth to splay(?) (I have big spaces btn some of my teeth). So, he suggested that eventually, I will need some orthodontia and some sort of facial therapy to realign my jaw, but it's not something we're worrying abt right this moment. He says this is the reason my left eye is slightly higher than my right one and my left cheekbone is slightly higher than my right one (I have prominent cheekbones).
He told me to stop chewing gum, which I will do. But, I wonder if this is familiar to anyone here? I wonder if there are some facial exercises I can do to balance this out? I have noticed that my eyes aren't level, but they've been that way since before high school. And, the spaces btn. my teeth don't look any bigger than they've always been (my molars are crowded, as are my front, bottom teeth, but everywhere else is pretty spaced).
I would get a second opinion from another dentist, but my insurance won't cover that and I've no extra money. I am definately having pain on the right side of my face, so I know there's *something* going on. Could this pain simply be from the fact that I need my fillings redone?
I saw the dentist today, b/c I have lots of pain on the right side of my jaw. After x-rays, etc. turned up nothing extraordinary, dentist suggested that my problems is that I have very strong facial muscles on my right side, which is causing me to bite down harder on the right side, than the left, and causing my teeth to splay(?) (I have big spaces btn some of my teeth). So, he suggested that eventually, I will need some orthodontia and some sort of facial therapy to realign my jaw, but it's not something we're worrying abt right this moment. He says this is the reason my left eye is slightly higher than my right one and my left cheekbone is slightly higher than my right one (I have prominent cheekbones).
He told me to stop chewing gum, which I will do. But, I wonder if this is familiar to anyone here? I wonder if there are some facial exercises I can do to balance this out? I have noticed that my eyes aren't level, but they've been that way since before high school. And, the spaces btn. my teeth don't look any bigger than they've always been (my molars are crowded, as are my front, bottom teeth, but everywhere else is pretty spaced).
I would get a second opinion from another dentist, but my insurance won't cover that and I've no extra money. I am definately having pain on the right side of my face, so I know there's *something* going on. Could this pain simply be from the fact that I need my fillings redone?