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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone please explain to me how jaw clicking is a manners issue?

http://healthcare.utah.edu/the-scope/shows.php?shows=0_a1wgqdwy

[i]Dr. Lowder: There are actually two kinds of popping that patients report. One is when they're almost at their widest opening, like when you when you yawn. This type of popping is more of a subluxation where the lower jaw bone passes over a ridge in the upper jaw bone, and that's a normal occurrence caused by just a hyperextended lower jaw.

[b]The other type of popping is the one that's more concerning, and it involves the displacement of the cartilage-like disc which is inside the joint. This type of popping occurs usually quietly when you're closing. The disc will slip forward of the lower jaw bone. Then when you go to open again, there will be a louder pop or crack that happens when the disc repositions itself onto the condyle of the lower jaw.
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Interviewer: So, talking or chewing, is that when this happens?

Dr. Lowder: Yes. It can happen

Interviewer: And even just opening your mouth.

Dr. Lowder: It can even be bothersome to other people at the table where you're eating. They can hear it, and they'll wonder what's going on, and that's usually because that disc is dislocating on closure and then reducing back to normal position on opening. If it's painful, it's usually painful because the ligament that controls the disc is being stretched, or the muscles that control the jaw movement are also being affected by that dysfunction.[/i][/quote]

It’s a medical condition called TMJ and it can become terribly painful.  I ended up needing surgery where they had to repair the cushioning disks in my jaw, stitch them in place, and smooth out the bones that had been damaged from rubbing together.  Before you judge him for the popping noise, please have him evaluated by a dentist (and possibly an oral surgeon if the dentist can’t resolve the issue) to see if treatment is necessary.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tmj/symptoms-causes/syc-20350941[/quote]

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