G
geos
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I saw my dentist on Tuesday and from the symptoms I had described (mainly a sore lower jaw and me being more aware of my implant on the top jaw), I was told the pain I was having seemed to be from me clenching/grinding. I already have a night guard, so they looked at adjusting it. I was told that if I still feel bad in a few weeks, to go see the tmj specialist they referred me too. They only took an x-ray of my implant, did some palpating test of my jaw and tmj and looked around in my mouth with a mirror. Now since seeing the dentist on Tuesday, I also feel a dull ache in my lower right teeth, without being sure which tooth it is. I had seen my dentist 4 or 5 weeks ago for some pain while chewing on an apple piece and they had taken some x-rays in the back of the lower right area (the molars) and there was nothing. That pain as since stopped.
I'm wondering is this still related to my grinding and/or clenching? I feel like I might be overthinking this and making my stress worst. Maybe also the fact that we have the Easter long weekend doesn't help. I will go visits my parents, so I hope I can get my mind off all this. On the positive side, I noticed I have less issues while sleeping since going to the dentist on Tuesday.
I'm wondering is this still related to my grinding and/or clenching? I feel like I might be overthinking this and making my stress worst. Maybe also the fact that we have the Easter long weekend doesn't help. I will go visits my parents, so I hope I can get my mind off all this. On the positive side, I noticed I have less issues while sleeping since going to the dentist on Tuesday.