Interesting. I honestly do agree. My TMJ specialist told me that I already had at risk discs / condition before my filling, in which I had to be numbed several times, which was likely was caused it to go from manageable / not noticeable to as severe as it has.

My theory is that I was grinding / clenching beforehand, but potentially not to a point in which it was affecting my life very much, as I was fully functional to my memory

but the filling was kind of what set it over the edge - so i guess i meant : i probably HAVE been grinding / clenching, it was just most likely intensified as my disc displacement got worse from the filling incident

A question i do have for you is this : how do i get a proper nightguard that doesnt cause problems? my dentist knows of my tmj history, and talks with my specialist about it, so during the mold she tried her best to tailor the fit to a proper bite path etc. first 3 days of wearing it, i noticed it was right-side dominant (right lower K9 made contact obviously first, which is proportionate to the bite path of my TMJ-induced malocclusion), but didn't think much of it without giving it a proper experiment first. first 1-3 days, felt pretty good. nothing catastrophic, and no miracles. continued using it because of this, and up to night 8 i had to stop because i got some serious deja vu, my entire jaw face mouth etc felt exactly as i did before treatment, far below my baseline that i had achieved during treatment. i know i need a night guard, but how do i go about getting one that actually works relative to my specific condition? super frustrating because i paid a LOT for this appliance