Cheek pain when opening the mouth, may be the emergence of temporomandibular joint disorder, mumps or wisdom teeth pericoronitis, need to correspond to the physiotherapy, hot compress or drug treatment.
1. temporomandibular joint disorder: cheek pain when opening the mouth, may be temporomandibular joint disorder, may be due to masticatory muscle pain or joint structural or organic lesions caused by pain, pain in opening and closing the mouth or popping, according to the severity of the pain, you can carry out local moist hot compresses, physiotherapy, take diclofenac sodium tablets or surgical treatment.
2. parotitis: cheek pain when opening the mouth may also be in the maxillary molar parotid area of inflammation, visible parotid duct mouth red and swollen, for bacterial parotitis, usually take antibiotics amoxicillin, metronidazole treatment.
3. Wisdom tooth pericoronitis: when wisdom tooth pericoronitis attack, local gums can appear red and swollen, open and close the mouth can be caused by the surrounding soft tissues involved in the pain, the treatment generally use saline local rinse, iodine pomade on the medication, turn into a chronic phase after the removal of wisdom teeth.
Cheek pain when you open your mouth, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time to check the cause, targeted treatment, to avoid the impact of chewing, the use of drugs need to comply with the doctor’s instructions.