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My jaw is poop by Susiron

Okay so I went back to the dentist and got my bite splint! I only have to wear it at night so far. It's rather weird, but not bad. It also feels weird taking it off though because the splint is designed to give my teeth a proper place to rest (since my bite is horrendous) and when you take it off you're back to having no comfortable resting place lol

Also I got to look at the results of my MRI for my jaw and it turns out that my right condyle (the top of the jaw bone) is actually deformed. The condyle is supposed to be shaped like a smooth sort of upside down U so it slides easily in the TMJ joint, but my condyle is shaped like a lopsided V/heart

So um-- I guess that explains why I've had discomfort for years.

My dentist says it is either from just pure genetics (I also had an extra wisdom tooth on that side so it could be), or that it's the result of an injury I might have had when I was younger.
I'm going to stick with the bite splint for now and he's hoping that my jaw will find a comfortable place with just that, though I might have to look into more appliances in the future-- or possibly minor surgery to clean out the dent in the bone or something-- to fix it if the splint doesn't improve anything.

I've only worn the splint for one night so far and my jaw's rather sore (and I have a headache that's been going strong for days.) Apologies for any ongoing delays;;
I've actually been trying to get my mind off of my headaches by listening to audiobooks while drawing to keep me good and distracted, but I had computer issues for the last couple of days and sigh it's like everything is against me finishing things.

I cleaned out my PC (it had several trojandownloader programs and adware) and I'm hoping that the issues won't persist when I open up SAI tonight to do some more work ; _ ;

My jaw is poop

Susiron

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    Hope it works out in the end. As for computer problems, it should be fixed.

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      (Super late) thank you, me too! ; u ;

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    Wow that stinks, sorry to hear your jaw is goofed up. Hope you at least start feeling less head-achey and miserable soon.

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      (Ahhh super late)

      Thank youu I hope so as well ahhh ; u ; <3

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    So sorry to hear about all that :c well wishes your way I really hope things start improving for you

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      (Way late) Thank you, it's super appreciated ; u ; <33