Hi Nick,
The fact that you had no posterior occlusion for 2 years and now have it ..... your muscles don't know what to make of this! The muscles affected may not be just in the back of the jaw. They could include the jaw, neck, head, upper chest/back, etc. and most likely they became lax. It is also possible that there is a bit of collapse or deterioration in the anatomy of your temporomandibular joint (TMJ) which would attribute to all sorts of muscle aches, pains and strains.
I think it's possible that what you are doing at this point is you are forcing your traumatized muscles and tmj to work really hard and they are rebelling. The muscles need to become gradually adapted to be used again. So this may mean working with someone like a Chiropractor (possible cranial sacral therapy??) both with the dentures in and without them.
What are your thoughts?
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by Johnsonsyard
Thanks for reply. Yes do acupuncture. Now that pain improved but other muscles very painful. Had no back teeth and have been using front ones two years now. Had denture checked and occlusion ok. Seems my last lot of dentures worn down to pink bit was being used at an angle to chew. So back of mouth muscles not been used till now. What's going on with pain. Are the muscles protesting ?if so does it take long to re adjust. getting spasm in temporal is back of head and Maeterl muscles that I know about. Driving makes it worse with pain in thoracic .thanks nick.
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