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Clicking and pain
Your jaw clicks when you open your mouth,
and it hurts too.
Chewing, talking and laughing,
back to feeling like nothing at all.
TMJ (Jaw Joint) Disorder · Facial Asymmetry
A day when your mouth opens wide without catching, you eat without clicking, and your jaw doesn't bring on a headache. Getting that day back is the goal of this care.
Are you dealing with any of these?
If various treatments haven't helped much,
we need to look at the structural cause too.
02
Uncomfortable meals
Chewy foods are hard to eat,
so there's less you can enjoy.
03
Headaches and neck tension
Headaches come along with jaw trouble,
and your neck and shoulders are always stiff.
04
A face that looks uneven
In the mirror, the left and right sides
of your face look different.
Core Solution What changes
What changes
as treatment goes on?
1
Your mouth opens without catching
When both jaw joints move evenly, opening and closing become smoother.
2
Less clicking and stiffness
When your bite force is balanced, the strain that piled up on one side gets shared.
3
Jaw-related headaches come less often
That's because tension in the neck and shoulders, which are connected to the jaw, eases too.
4
Your face leans less to one side
Once the cause of the misalignment is addressed, the lean to one side becomes smaller.
Progress varies from person to person.
Mechanism Diagram
Jaw and neck, together
The jaw joint does more than open and close your mouth
The jaw joint doesn't just open and close your mouth. It's closely connected to the neck, muscles and ligaments, and it affects the balance of your whole body.
When something goes wrong with this structure, it can bring not only trouble eating but also headaches, neck tension, and in severe cases a lower quality of daily life. It can also work the other way: a misaligned neck can put strain on the jaw. If we don't check which came first, treatment misses the mark.
If pain keeps coming back and various treatments haven't helped much, it's a good idea to look at the structural cause as well. At Dangdang Korean Medicine Clinic, Daegu Suseong, when we examine the jaw, we also check the alignment of the neck and the whole body.
Specialized diagnosis system
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How we treat it
We don't look at the jaw alone. We look at everything connected to it.
Jaw joint correction
We balance the left and right sides
to restore chewing and opening movements.
to restore chewing and opening movements.
Jaw joint appliance
Depending on your condition, we use an appliance
to help the restored balance hold.
to help the restored balance hold.
Pharmacopuncture · acupuncture
We work directly on stiff muscles and inflammation
around the jaw and neck.
around the jaw and neck.
Neck alignment correction
We also correct the neck alignment
that puts strain on the jaw.
that puts strain on the jaw.
Treatment Process
How your visit works
1
We listen first
We ask when and how the discomfort started,
and what you've already tried.
2
We check for ourselves
We examine by hand and watch how you move
to find where it started.
3
We decide together
We explain what we found
and decide together what to work on first.
4
We adjust as we go
We keep a record of the changes
and adjust treatment to match.
Frequently asked questions
Q. My jaw clicks but doesn't hurt. Do I need treatment?
A. If there's only clicking, with no pain or limited movement, we sometimes just keep an eye on it. But if the clicking is getting louder or you can't open as wide as before, it's a good idea to get it checked.
Q. My jaw hurts. Why look at my neck?
A. The jaw joint is connected to the neck through muscles and ligaments. Sometimes a misaligned neck puts strain on the jaw, so we check which came first.
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Q. Do I have to keep wearing the appliance?
A. It depends on your condition. Once the balance settles, we gradually reduce how often you wear it. We'll plan this together at your visits.
Q. Can facial asymmetry improve too?
A. It's different when the cause is a change in the bone itself versus an imbalance in the muscles and joints. We'll examine you and tell you honestly which it is and how much we can do.