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Q: Wisdom teeth cause TMJ
asked by: mindfreak on July 23rd, 2009
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i have been told that i have TMJ. i have recently been told i need to get my wisdom teeth removed and that will end the TMJ pain. i have been havin gthe pain for three years and i am only 16 but a specalist says i have TMJ. can getting my sisdom teeth out coure my TMJ?
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edgaras
replied on July 24th, 2009
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Yes you do have TMJ, temporal mandibular joints, but what kind of disorder of the joints do you have, a disc displacement, dislocation?

Where is your pain. Why would he think that wisdom teeth are responsible for the having TMJ problems?
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mindfreak
replied on July 24th, 2009
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the pain is through the ear right near the joint and i dont know what kind of disorder. my dentest beleives that if we remove my wisdom teeth that i will stop haveing the pain because there is no place for them to grow into. can having my wisdom teeth removed make the tmj wores or fix it.
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edgaras
replied on July 24th, 2009
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it is hard to anyone to say if it can fix so called "TMJ problems" unless it is really related. Temporal mandibular joint and wisdom tooth are so far away. It's nowhere close the joint. I did have wisdom teeth removed because one of the way decaying and was partially impacted, are yours impacted, is he planning to remove all of them - all 4 - upper and lower ones?
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zeldovich
replied on July 29th, 2009
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Wisdom tooth removal can sometimes end severe bruxing problems. However, there are many potential causes of TMJ.
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