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Joe

My right jaw clicked and popped since after having braces as a teenager. Now that I am middle aged, this year, my joint has 'popped out' several times while chewing causing SEVERE pain. It feels like bone on bone.

I don't see this as being a dental problem. First by doctor suggested I go to an ENT!! Of course the ENT sent me away. I consulted with my neighbor who is a physician and he connected me with a dentist who treats TMJ! I was very surprised to learn that dentists are treating TMJ. After reading some things on your site, I realize that dentists can treat some kinds of TMJ. But if the TMJ is muscular, then why not have chiropractic manipulations on the spine to relieve the muscle strain? Or a massage and on and on.

My TMJ is not muscular. It is the result of degenerative changes in the joint. The dentist showed me the dark area in the panaromic film. What physicians specialize in joints? Osteopathics? I am very concerned that the NTI splint prescribed me by the dentist can mitigate the damage to my joint, or prevent it from getting worse, but it cannot correct it and I am facing some major changes in the way and what I eat and how I talk.

If my joint is damaged what type of surgeon does jaw surgery?

This all seems more complicated because health insurance does not cover my "TMJ" but my dental plan does. If I need surgery, is the dental plan going to pay for that? I hope I make some sense of this topic. The fact that my own doctor didn't know where to send me gives importance to the existence of this website

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