I am feeling pain while sleeping on my right side of cheek. No tooth pain. Means when my jaws closes its paining. Please help as can not visit dentist in current situation.

Question

Hello lybrate-user. Sometimes our jaw muscles get fatigued. And we come across some pain while chewing food, closing our jaws or while opening the jaws. Since you have mentioned that you are not suffering from any dental pain suggests you have pain in tmj. At present I am prescribing you a medicine you continue it for 5 days. If problem persists kindly get an opg done and send a copy of it. Take tab. Egile Mr. twice daily after having food for 5 days. Kindly do not sleep from that side i.e the right side. Kindly do not apply anything warm or any pain ointment on that place as confirm daignosis will be after your opg xray. If any doubt kindly msg me.

Megha Jain · Accepted Answer

Hello lybrate-user. Sometimes our jaw muscles get fatigued. And we come across some pain while chewing food, closing our jaws or while opening the jaws. Since you have mentioned that you are not suffering from any dental pain suggests you have pain in tmj. At present I am prescribing you a medicine you continue it for 5 days. If problem persists kindly get an opg done and send a copy of it. Take tab. Egile Mr. twice daily after having food for 5 days. Kindly do not sleep from that side i.e the right side. Kindly do not apply anything warm or any pain ointment on that place as confirm daignosis will be after your opg xray. If any doubt kindly msg me.

Garima Maria · Answer

Hey there, you have not mentioned your age so got to ask that have your wisdom teeth or third molars erupted? If not, this can be one reason for this so kindly check. Secondly if you have any stress, then also you can feel muscular pain. Third is if there any past history of cervical pain or spondiolysis, pain can be felt in head and neck region. Fourth is any history of tooth grinding at night. Lastly, any ear infection. Rx: * tab. Orthodex Mr. twice daily for 5 days. * do cold fermentation or place an ice pack over the region. Alternate it with hot water fermentation. Carry this out at 2 min intervals for 10 minutes maximum. * warm saline rinses twice daily. Kindly consult a dentist and get appropriate x-rays and opg. Kindly leave review and for any query kindly use my doctor code gm2c5d.