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Do you know that excessive gum chewing could cause serious health problem? Chewing gum is very popular today. When you feel bored waiting for someone, gum will make you have ‘something’ to do. When you feel nervous, chewing gum will give a little refreshing sensation. Gum is no longer kids stuff. Adult, teenage and kids is the fan of this ‘busy’ candy. The consumption of gum when it is already in excessive stage could cause serious problem in TMJ, Temporomandibular joints.

Temporomandibular joints is the joint under your ears, this joint consists of muscles, tendons, bones, ligaments, connective tissue, nerves, and the teeth. When you feel pain in your ears during swelling, this is one of the symptoms.  The TMJ disorder is an acute or chronic inflammation on the joint. Because the join is located in mouth and includes nerves, this disease is the area of orthodontist tucson and neurologist.

Other causes of the tmj tucson disorder are trauma during accident, food size bites eaten, disease of degenerative joint such as osteoarthritis, bruxism or recurring unaware grinding or clenching of teeth during sleep, etc. The syndrome is indicated by discomfort feeling in chewing or biting, clicking sound during opening mouth or talking, morning pain in ear, head and migraine. The syndrome could also cause shoulder and neck pain.