I have a dental appt this afternoon for a broken tooth. My anxiety is very high right now as I have had TMJ for 15 years now and dental appts always end up in Tmj pain where I can't eat or talk for a few days afterwards. How does everyone else cope with dental appts? Avoidance, like me?
Had a temp filing put in, only had to keep open for 5 min, but my jaw is still inflamed today, despite all precautions being taken. I also need to find another dentist........
Have you tried having licorice,ginger tea or other anti-inflammatories prior to? I would even go as far as taking 2 advil if the pain gets that severe prior to going.
Yes, took Naprosyn and a muscle relaxer hrs before appt.
Since I still ended up in pain, don't know if it really works, maybe just reduces the severity of symptoms