How can I stop cracking my jaw?!
Question: My jaw has never cracked while I was eating but one day I was pushing my jaw to the side and it cracked then I just kept doing it. I don't use my hands while I crack it and both sides crack. I just do it whenever I'm bored or anytime when I think about it. I heard this is bad for my jaw and even if it isn't I don't want to take the chance. I also do not grind my teeth while I sleep so thats not why my jaw cracks.
Answers: My jaw has never cracked while I was eating but one day I was pushing my jaw to the side and it cracked then I just kept doing it. I don't use my hands while I crack it and both sides crack. I just do it whenever I'm bored or anytime when I think about it. I heard this is bad for my jaw and even if it isn't I don't want to take the chance. I also do not grind my teeth while I sleep so thats not why my jaw cracks.
sounds like you have tmj, my jaw does that too... has been since I was younger...but I also clench my teeth at night, and now I have started grinding them too!! so yea, it sucks. Neways go to your dentists and they can give you an evaluation and check for sure, it's a very important thing to get a hold on quickly or you could wind up in serious trouble, and yes someday you probably will need surgery on your jaw.... sad but true...
wow. take up a different habit. like biting nails. lol.
The right side of my jaw has cracked for 15 years. It's called TMJ.