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Suggest Treatment For Jaw Misalignment With Ear Pain

Hello, my symptoms began with mis-aligning my jaw during an awkward yawn almost 2 weeks ago but the pain only lasted a few hours. For a week now my lower left wisdom tooth gum line has been painful & swollen. Next came difficulty opening my mouth to eat followed by an ear ache and now the left tonsil hurts. Upon poking/checking my glands I realized my neck gland area under my chin to the left hurts when I apply only slight pressure. I don t know if I should see my general doctor or my dentist.
Fri, 10 Oct 2014
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ENT Specialist 's  Response
hello,thanks for your query,it looks dislocation of temparomandibular joint, with pain radiaing to respective ear.you require ent examination,muscle relaxants.kindly evaluate with an ent surgeon for farther evaluation and treatment.hope i have answered your query.all the best. take care.
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Dentist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Dr. Mahesh Kumar T S's  Response
Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query.
Basically you have two problems,
One is pain in the ear and the mis aligned jaw, difficulty in mouth opening can be because of the disc displacement in the temporomandibular joint secondary to excessive opening of the jaw during yawning. Nothing to be panic, Consult a oral physician and get it diagnosed. You can stop using the splints for few days. You can take anti inflammatory drugs like piroxicam 20mg twice daily on first day and twice daily on next 6 days. You can also take muscle relaxants like chlorzoxazone. You can give hot fomentation over the joints. Do not eat hard things, do not open your mouth too wide. take soft diet.
The second problem is, you have infection of the gums surrounding the wisdom tooth resulting in space infection. Consult a oral physician and get a radiograph done to rule the amount of space present for the tooth to erupt if space is there for the tooth to erupt then the gum covering over the wisdom tooth can be removed.
If the space is not available then you have to get the wisdom tooth removed.
Mean while you can take a course of antibiotics like amoxicillin 500mg and metronidazole 400mg tid for 5 days (if you are not allergic).

I hope my answer will help you, take care.
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Suggest Treatment For Jaw Misalignment With Ear Pain

hello,thanks for your query,it looks dislocation of temparomandibular joint, with pain radiaing to respective ear.you require ent examination,muscle relaxants.kindly evaluate with an ent surgeon for farther evaluation and treatment.hope i have answered your query.all the best. take care.