Question: Hi! For a week now, I have been having a dull sensation in my lower jaw. It started on my left side, and now has passed on to the right. Overall however, it is the left side. At times, they kind of oscillate to and fro. I am having no real trouble opening and closing my mouth. I also feel a kind of neck
stiffness on my left that radiates away to my arm. An occasional dull earache also occurs. I also have four impacted wisdom teeth that I had diagnosed with a
dentist last month, one of which was mildly infected; it is the one to my left. I am going back home to India next month after my semester ends to get all the teeth pulled out there itself. I checked for signs for any recurrence of the
wisdom tooth infection like
bad breath,
redness and swelling of the gums and soreness around the tooth, but I feel no pain, especially when I brush and floss gently around that region. I am going to the dentist again on Friday to check it out, but I think it may be a
TMJ problem.
Also, I was extremely stressed and tensed over the past month.
I would also like to add that I had a
flu shot in last month as well on my left arm. As I speak, the dullness is concentrated below the ears around the jaw joint. It gets right down to my left collarbone.