Watch this video to learn more about how sometimes a TMJ problem is created without understanding the underlying cause. I have never found anybody with a TMJ problem who had a forward slide or whose lower teeth slide out in front of the upper teeth and they bit. They have plenty of room where the condyle doesn't impose pressure on the retrodiscal tissue. But, when you force the condyle back and it puts unusual pressure on this highly vascular area, it will get extremely sore. Learn how to feel the condyle and have the patient move their jaw. You can feel how the jaw moves and if they have tenderness, you'll be able to treat that. If you advance the mandible, the pain will go away, but you have to put something in the gap between the upper and lower teeth. The pressure isn't on the joint but goes up the structure of the face.
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