@A MyParkinsonsTeam Member. Hello dear Tammy. I also have TMJ and I have to wear a nightguard otherwise I would chew my teeth up gnashing on them and clamping down too hard, and grinding them. However, during the day, without the nightguard, I have dyskinesia in my mouth and jaw and my mouth and jaw gets distorted and I don't close my mouth. I have terrible dry mouth. I chew gum to make me remember to swallow and swallowing will generate more saliva for moisture for my mouth and throat. Have a good day. Sterling

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Yes!!!! my jaw pops and I have been a big time teeth grinder. so much that I have broken my front teeth off several times and suffered from neck pain and jaw as well. My neurologist suggested a course of botox injections that has been amazingly helpful to me. It eased my jaw popping and grinding and I haven't broken any teeth in several months. Also it has relaxed my neck enough so I can hold my head up straighter.

Yup! I clench my jaw all the time. It's so great to hear that I'm not alone. I relate to so much of what I read on this website. After 27 years of PD, I never realized that everyone else had pain too. I am in constant pain. When I was first dianosed they told me Parkinson's was not painful, just annoying. Ha! It's so much more!!But that was in 1990.

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