Can chewing on one side of the mouth cause TMJ and jaw pain?
1. Introduction Chewing exclusively on one side of the mouth directly causes severe jaw pain and temporomandibular joint dysfunction by inducing profound biomechanical asymmetry across the facial skeleton. The human masticatory system is engineered to distribute occlusal forces evenly across both sides of the jaw. When a patient habitually favors a single side for mastication, … Read more