The causes of Temporomandibular disorders are various.

Basically this problem arises when a person either experience pain and/or a loss of jaw function. The range of pain is from a mild ache in the morning to a chronic debilitating pain. Loss of function can be mild jaw stiffness to being unable to open the jaw barely at all.

TMJ causes may include either some or all of the following:-

• A pattern of breaking or cracking teeth with no other cause
• Awareness of grinding/clenching teeth while sleeping or awake (Bruxism)
• Clicks, pops, or grinding sound in jaw joint
• Cenvical neck tension and pain
• Difficulty in opening jaw
• History of medically diagnosed migraine headaches (common incidence of concurrent TMD)
• Jaw pain or/and stiffness
  
• Pain in Ears
• Pain and fatigue while eating hard or chewy foods
  
• Painful or tender jaw joint
• Tooth wear
• Vague tooth soreness or toothaches which often move around the mouth

The degree to which each cause is involved is determined through history and exam.

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