Self-care for temporomandibular joint disease

  Observe and correct bad habits: 1. Do not bite your teeth when you are not chewing or swallowing normally; avoid clenching your teeth when you are angry, driving, etc. when you are focused on something; do not bite your cheeks, lips, fingers or nails.  2, do not make heavy knocking action, that is not conducive to dental health.  3.Night molar disease should be promptly treated.  4, avoid lateral chewing, if there is indeed a serious lateral chewing habits, should promptly find the cause and timely correction. 5, do not eat or eat less hard and brittle food like apples, raw vegetables, nuts, etc., as well as tougher and less chewable food like steak, beef jerky, gum, chewing gum, etc.; do not open the bottle cap with your teeth.  6, do not eat or eat less coffee, tea, salads and chocolate, because these foods contain caffeine, the latter will stimulate the muscles near the joints to contract tension.  7.Avoid excessive large mouth opening and other jaw movements, such as yawning, shouting and prolonged oral treatment.  8.Avoid prolonged thinking with hands on the chin or face, watching TV, using computer, etc. You can use a small pillow or rolled towel on the back to keep the head, neck and shoulders in a more comfortable position.  9.Don’t habitually put the phone between your shoulder and ear when you answer the phone.  10.Keep a good sleeping posture, if you are sleeping on your side, make your neck and joints in a line.  Develop good health habits: 1, timely diagnosis and treatment of dental disease to prevent the expansion of the disease.  2.Select your trusted dentist for consultation and treatment in order to get accurate and quality treatment.  3, in the growth and development period should be appropriate to eat more food with a certain degree of hardness, in order to facilitate the sound jaw facial muscle function.  4.Injury to the chin (jaw) can easily cause damage to the temporomandibular joint, so you should consult a joint doctor in time to prevent further development of temporomandibular joint disorder after joint injury.  5, by listening to soft music, taking a hot bath, or taking a deep breath to make the muscles and joints relax.  6, local wet and hot joint compresses (once in the morning and once in the evening, each lasting 30 minutes), if the heat will aggravate the pain can be combined with cold compresses, or cold compresses alone (lasting 10 minutes).  7.Local physical therapy (ultrashort wave, laser, infrared, etc.) for the joint, the first course of treatment is 7-10 days, once a day. It is good for improving the pain and the degree of opening of the mouth.