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What Could Be The Reason For Stiffness In The Right Jaw?

Hello! I'm 15 years old, and yesterday, about a half hour or so after I woke up and my tooth started to ache because of a cavity I have (I'm visiting the dentist soon). So, I started flexing my jaw and such, to try and ease some of the ache. As I was opening my mouth wide, I hear a crunching sound, sort of like when you crack your neck or your back.

And today, I feel a sort of stiffness in the right side of my jaw ( the 'hinge') by my ear that I'm sure wasn't there before. Also, it's on the opposite side of the tooth with the cavity, so I know it's not a toothache. It doesn't feel any different when I bite down, and there isn't a lot of pain, but it does feel uncomfortable when I move it a certain way, so ive been relaxing it, and it's starting to scare me, just a little.

Is this anything to worry about? I read on a health site that it may be a sprained muscle or some sort of arthritis, but should I go into the hospital for it?

Thank you for your time.
Thu, 9 Jan 2014
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I can understand your problem, this is could be uneven movement of TM joint, and the next is the teeth condition, in both of these this will come around with the anti-inflammatory drugs and the drug of choice would be "Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen three times in day, will give good result have good day.
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What Could Be The Reason For Stiffness In The Right Jaw?

HI Thank for asking to HCM I can understand your problem, this is could be uneven movement of TM joint, and the next is the teeth condition, in both of these this will come around with the anti-inflammatory drugs and the drug of choice would be Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen three times in day, will give good result have good day.