Why do tooth joints click?

Generally speaking, tooth joint clicking is caused by mandibular joint disorder syndrome. This is also a relatively common oral and maxillofacial disease. Although its pathogenesis is not particularly clear, the symptoms are quite obvious, such as joint pain, joint popping during exercise, mandibular movement disorders, etc. Generally speaking, through certain treatments, it can achieve relatively good therapeutic effects, and only a very small number of cases will develop organic lesions.

Why do tooth joints click?

1. Mental factors Mental factors play a very important role in the occurrence and aggravation of temporomandibular joint disorder syndrome. 2. Traumatic factors Many patients have a history of local trauma. Such as acute traumas such as external impact, sudden biting of hard objects, opening the mouth too wide (such as yawning); also frequent chewing of hard food, nighttime grinding of teeth, and unilateral chewing habits. These factors may cause joint contusion or strain and dysfunction of the chewing muscles.

Clinical manifestations

The main clinical manifestations of temporomandibular joint disorder syndrome include local joint soreness or pain, joint clicking and mandibular movement disorders. The pain may be located in the joint area or around the joints; it may be accompanied by tenderness of varying degrees. Joint soreness or pain is especially noticeable when chewing or opening the mouth.

The snapping sound occurs when the mouth is opened. The sound can occur at different stages of mandibular movement and can be a crisp single sound or a series of fragmented sounds. Common movement obstacles include limited mouth opening, mandibular deviation when opening the mouth, and limited left and right mandibular movement. In addition, it may be accompanied by symptoms such as temporal pain, dizziness, and tinnitus.