Pain in the bones near the ears when eating

In life, many people like to eat some hard food or chew gum for a long time, which can easily cause the jaw joint to be in a state of fatigue for a long time. If you don’t take oral hygiene seriously at the same time, it will cause more serious consequences. When you feel pain near the ear when eating, you should change your chewing habits in time and maintain good oral hygiene.

Pain in the bones near the ears when eating

It may be dysfunction between the temporomandibular joint tissues caused by temporomandibular joint strain and aseptic inflammation, which is often aggravated by chewing hard objects, yawning, and cold. You can go to the surgery department of a regular hospital to do lateral pterygoid muscle blocked acupuncture therapy, infrared, ultrashort wave, laser, wax therapy, massage and local hot compress, etc., which also have certain therapeutic effects. Avoid opening your mouth too wide and causing joint sprains, such as yawning, laughing, or after being stimulated by cold. Avoid sudden chewing movements to avoid muscle spasms. Do not perform excessive mouth opening and closing movements or chew hard foods during treatment.

Causes of temporomandibular joint strain

Occlusal factors.

Severe tooth deformities, deep overbite, missing majority of posterior teeth, excessive wear of the occlusal surface resulting in a low vertical distance, and long-term one-sided chewing can all affect the health of the temporomandibular joint.

Psychosocial factors.

Patients often have mental symptoms such as anxiety, irritability, mental tension, excitability and insomnia. For example, clenching teeth and grinding teeth at night caused by mental tension may cause temporomandibular joint diseases.

Immune factors.

The main components of articular cartilage, such as collagen polysaccharides and chondrocytes, are antigenic and are normally wrapped in matrix, which are closed antigens and are not recognized by the immune system. If factors such as trauma expose these antigens to the immune system, autoimmunity can occur. Certain systemic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, can also cause TMJ disorders.

Excessive load on joints.

Moderate weight-bearing is necessary and important for maintaining the normal structure, function and physiological remodeling of joints. However, excessive weight bearing beyond physiological limits can cause degenerative changes or even damage to the joints. Embleton's chronic excessive gum chewing is a case of this. Eating, yawning, opening the mouth excessively when singing, keeping the mouth open for a long time, and maxillofacial trauma are also local triggering factors.

Joint anatomical factors.

From a functional perspective, the temporomandibular joint and jaw have become more flexible as humans evolve to adapt to more complex jaw movements for speech and facial expressions. However, from an anatomical perspective, the corresponding joints, muscles and ligaments become significantly weaker, and the load-bearing capacity of the joints decreases. The increased flexibility and complexity of movement becomes a potential threat to the anatomically weakened TMJ.

Other factors.

Cold stimulation of the joint area and muscle dysfunction caused by poor posture, which affects the normal position of the mandible and condyle, are also factors that induce temporomandibular joint disorder.