Trismus, or lockjaw, is a painful condition in which the jaws do not open fully. As well as pain, trismus can lead to problems with eating, speaking, and oral hygiene as a person cannot open their ...

Trismus, also known as lockjaw, is caused by trauma or injury to the mastication (chewing) muscles. You need your mastication muscles for chewing your food and opening your mouth. Without it, it would ...

Abboud et al 1 present an important overview of a neglected topic. Trismus is a devastating and danger-ous manifestation of head and neck cancer. More significantly, it is an increasingly prevalent ...

Having routine dental treatment. Feeling anxious (nervous or worried) or depressed (unhappy). Once trismus develops, depending on how bad it is, it can be very hard to treat and manage. It’s important ...

Opening a wooden clothespin inside the mouth may be a hack for improving trismus in patients, according to a technical note published on January 6 in the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial ...

Have you been struggling with jaw pain, finding it hard to open or close your mouth, or experiencing uncomfortable cramping in your jaw? These symptoms might be signs of a condition called locked jaw, ...

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