experiencing jaw locking on left side when eating, no other symptoms or pain except when opening mouth wide and flexing jaw from side to side to ease the lock before eating; able to open mouth only 3/4 wide based on past capacity. condition arrived out of the blue some weeks ago but comes and goes.What have I got?
Hi, Welcome to Chat Doctor .com. I had gone through your question I can understand your concern about your jaw. As per your history, symptoms and signs it looks like you have unilateral recurrent anterior disc displacement of jaw. You need to avoid too much opening of your mouth, hold your jaw at the time of yawning so that it does not displace. There are always an associated cause related it like missing teeth on opposite side or same side, grossly decayed teeth, or even MAL occlusion. You need to visit a dentist or upload a picture of your bite here so that we will provide you the cause. Hope my answer will help you and visit us back if you have any further assistance needed. Regards Chat Doctor.