sometime at night I would wake up and see my left jaw swollen and painful. then in the morning about noon swelling is gone but sometime it is still painful. My dentist thought its from my grinding my teeth, but I am wearing splint or night guard to present the grinding.  I still have the swelling even if I am wearing my night guard.  Nobody can tell me what is causing it. the dentist nor my primary doctor cant tell me.I need help to find out once and for all.  Thank you.
Hi. Welcome to Chat Doctor . I have gone through your query and can understand your concern. As per your complaint it seems that if the swelling in jaw can be possibly due to grinding of teeth, but some other causes can be a