> >
> > Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Google is my friend :-)
> >
> >
> > http://www.ada.org/public/topics/tmd_tmj.asp
> >
> >
> >
> > Are you in any of those catagories Omlette?
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Peter Lucas
>
> See my last post... I tend to clench my jaws when I'm falling asleep to
> the point where I even bite my tongue. The pain wakes me up.
>
> I now prop my jaw shut with a pillow when I remember to do it. That
> might be contributing but it's involuntary, so how does one control
> something like that?
>
> <sigh>
> --
> Peace, Om
>
> Remove _ to validate e-mails.
>
> "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack
Nicholson


Not an expert on this, but a friend of mine had TMJ, and his dentist fitted
him with something to put in his mouth when sleeping. I don't think that
cures it, but it apparently makes it less destructive.

Larry T