{"id":54552,"date":"2021-03-29T21:02:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T21:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.dentalvibe.com\/dental-glossary\/lock-jaw-tmj-disorders\/"},"modified":"2021-04-09T23:03:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T23:03:03","slug":"lock-jaw-tmj-disorders","status":"publish","type":"dental-glossary","link":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/bn\/dental-glossary\/lock-jaw-tmj-disorders\/","title":{"rendered":"\u09b2\u0995 \u099a\u09cb\u09af\u09bc\u09be\u09b2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lock jaw, commonly referred to as trismus, affects the jaw movements. This muscle spasm leads to your jaw muscle freezing in a certain position. Lock jaw means you can no longer open your mouth wide or close it. This condition can be painful or can lead to complications including choking a person. The most common cause of lockjaw include medication side effects for cancer ant tetanus treatments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Symptoms for Lockjaw<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although inability to move your mouth in the commonly known symptom, a patient can also exhibit other symptoms including the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u09ae\u09be\u09a5\u09be\u09ac\u09cd\u09af\u09a5\u09be<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaw pain<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earaches<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a person can no longer move their Jaw, the affected functions include speech, trouble swallowing and inability to understand other people. Persistent lock jaw can result<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mucositis- a condition where the mouth becomes sore and inflamed<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Xerostomia- a condition where the mouth dries<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Lock jaw complications<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continued lockjaw condition can lead to dental health complications. An individual&#8217;s health might deteriorate affecting their general health. Complication that may occur after prolonged lock jaw include<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malnourishment- this happens mainly due to difficulties in swallowing food<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tooth decay and mouth ulcers- one&#8217;s inability to maintain dental hygiene during lockjaw can trigger tooth decay<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muscle contracture- stiffening of muscles due to change in muscle shape and structure can trigger muscle contracture. When this contracture fails to respond to medication, a patient will likely suffer from muscle spasm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bruxism &#8211; tooth enamel may wear away during lock jaw. Patients may also risk having cracked teeth during lock jaw.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Cause of Lockjaw<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lock jaw occurs when the muscle remains in one active position and cannot relax. The condition occurs mainly due to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muscle injury that may have affected tendons, nerves, and ligament<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hypocalcemia that often occur during thyroid surgery<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Disorders- TMJ disorder often affects tendons, nerves, and ligament that control joint movements at the temporomandibular. TMJ disorders often develop due to conditions such as Arthritis, Jaw injury teeth injury, jaw\/ teeth misalignment, teeth grinding or clenching and other underlying chronic conditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Infections- Infections such as peritonsillar abscess that affect the mouth or jaw muscles often alter jaw movements, resulting in lockjaw.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medication- some medications have devastating side effects that can affect muscle movements. Reglan (metoclopramide) is a common medication in this category. Another medication is antipsychotic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cancer- some cancer treatment also has effects on the structures controlling jaw movement.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","dental-glossary-categories":[4516,4528,4543],"class_list":["post-54552","dental-glossary","type-dental-glossary","status-publish","hentry","dental-glossary-categories-all","dental-glossary-categories-l","dental-glossary-categories-terms-and-procedures"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dental-glossary\/54552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dental-glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dental-glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dental-glossary\/54552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dental-glossary-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dentalvibe.com\/bn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dental-glossary-categories?post=54552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}