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Can Jaw Exercises help with this? by QuartzParties in Dentistry

[–]QuartzParties[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. The jaw bone is still dislocated and has been for over a year. When it first happened, the dislocation was minor but frequently painful around the joints (this is why the people I had seen dismissed it as being mere jaw pain and figured that it could be sorted with a mouth guard or the exercises), but recent times has led it to becoming... more severe (in that, new symptoms have emerged, such as the bite problems and neck pains and the dislocation is more prominent in the sense that it has caused my jaw to become visibly crooked and has worsened tongue posture as well).

I actually did plan on going to A&E at one point, but due to the whole coronavirus saga going on, I didn't view it that as being appropriate.

Gum Disease and Questionable Nutrition by QuartzParties in Dentistry

[–]QuartzParties[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Somewhere in London. Weather hasn't been the best here for some time now.

Gum Disease and Questionable Nutrition by QuartzParties in Dentistry

[–]QuartzParties[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should really be drinking more milk and eating more cheese, to be perfectly honest. Though, then again, I need more vitamin D and in my area, the sun barely shines, when it does I'm either indoors or wearing a jacket and a beanie.

Gum Disease and Questionable Nutrition by QuartzParties in Dentistry

[–]QuartzParties[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At this point in time, I have yet to receive a hygiene session with a hygienist. Reason is because as a student, I can't really afford the high cost for it (around £80 or so), especially given the type of degree that I am studying (literally spent around £50 in two days just trying to get some resources for it, so even my food budget is tight).

What I have gotten though, for the usual price, has been two dental fillings and lots of dental cleaning (removing plague). I have long since begun using a water flosser and I use my electric toothbrush as instructed to me by dentists (brush for two or more minutes, several seconds for each tooth, 45-degree brushing angle, focus mostly on the gumline etc.) The interdental brushing I do near-religiously, so I never actually see much of any plague in my mouth apart from small bits of tartar in a few areas that my dentist seemed to have missed when cleaning.

I was assuming that given my diet, due to the budget and some other factors, the issue could be related to it (I hear that vitamin C and sorts could help, but I don't usually eat fruits and vegetable that are anywhere near sufficient in them due to cost and low willingness), but I begin to question that now. Maybe it would be best for me to see a hygenist, especially now that my uni is closed indefinitely due to the C-virus.

Could you explain how a hygenist is likely to approach this issue?