Accompanied by facial pain, neck pain and shoulder pain. If you often feel headache, jaw clicking or cracking, facial pain, neck pain or shoulder pain, the problem may actually be in your head. You may have temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dislocation, that is, there is something wrong with the joint that allows the mandibular joint to open, close and move sideways. The American Dental Association estimates that as many as10 million Americans suffer from this disease called TMJ disorder or TMJ dysfunction (TMJD) or TMJ syndrome (TMJS). Unfortunately, this disease is often difficult to diagnose, even often misdiagnosed, so that patients can not get proper treatment. The temporomandibular joint, which connects the upper jaw and five pairs of muscles, enables you to open and close your mouth and control the forward, backward and lateral movements of the jaw. If this complex system composed of muscles, ligaments, bones and joints cannot work together, it may lead to pain and other symptoms called TMJD. How to treat temporomandibular joint (TMJ) may lead to dislocation of jaw joint. For example, teeth can't bite correctly because of heredity, orthodontics or bruxism. Or some bad habits, such as holding the phone with your ears and shoulders when making a phone call; Or because the chin was hit or bumped. Stress is also a major factor. When people are stressed, they often suffer from TMJ for the first time. Not everyone with dislocated mandibular joint will have serious symptoms. In some cases, moderate home care can relieve pain and discomfort. In other cases, professional nursing is very important. How to diagnose TMJ? One of the difficulties of TMJ is that it is difficult to diagnose. Answer the following questions. If the answer to one or two questions is "Yes", you may need to consult a TMJ expert (see "Looking for a TMJ expert" on the next page) to further confirm whether your symptoms are caused by TMJ:

Do you often feel dizzy? The next page lists suggestions for the treatment of TMJ dislocation. If the safe treatment described in this article can't relieve your symptoms, please consult a dentist, preferably an expert from TMJ. This article is for reference only and is not used to provide medical advice. The editors, authors and publishers of Publications International, Ltd, Consumer Guide are not responsible for any consequences caused by any therapy, course of treatment, exercise, dietary changes, actions or drugs adopted for reading or following the information in this article. The publication of this article does not belong to medical practice, and this article cannot replace the opinions of doctors or other health care providers.