Does Your Jaw Click or Pop?

Does your jaw pop or click?

TMJ is the abbreviation for Temporal Mandibular Joint. It is the joint directly in front of your ear that is used by your body to open and close your mouth. It is, like most other joints in your body, made up of cartilage, fluid, bones, and muscles.. And just like any other joint in the body any piece to this puzzle can deteriorate, get misplaced, damaged, or have any other number of problems.

If any sort of damage does occur then pain, clicking, popping may result.

If you have had any of the above symptoms the best thing to do

is to see your dentist right away.

He/she needs to determine what is the cause of your TMJ discomfort and

what, if anything, can be done to solve the problem.

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Soda Pop

Everyone on planet earth knows that drinking soda pop is bad for your teeth

Both the sugar and the acids lead to tooth decay.

Even though we all know this fact however, does not translate into

anyone of us no longer drinking it.

I myself throughly enjoy a Dr. Pepper when I am out to eat.

So what to do?

Do we all just end up looking like this guy?

Hopefully the answer to that is, no.

Simply do as the beer commercials say and, "Drink Responsibly".

Simply limit your soda drinking to meal times.

Then after your meal is done take one last drink of water to help rinse the sugars out.

Sipping on soda throughout the day is the worst thing you can do.

If you can't stop drinking soda pop then simply do it in a way that would

minimize the chance that you would get cavities.

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