I'm currently experiencing dental pain on one side of my jaw, this has been a problem since January, but when I went for a check up in Jan, the dentist couldn't find anything obvious in the X-ray. I've been using salt water rinses to keep the pain under control since then.
Recently the pain has been more intense and salt water rinses not working. Today I went to a new dentist for a different opinion, but again the X-ray showed nothing obvious. On one hand I am relieved I don't have an infection, on the other hand, I'd love for the pain to go.
This evening I've started to wonder whether it could be a symptom of teeth grinding. I say that because I can feel a slight ache on the bottom parallel tooth and this tooth seems somewhat loose. In other words, my jaw aches at the top and bottom of one side, and yet the X-ray shows no infection. I should have told the dentist that the bottom tooth has a slight ache and feels loose.
Im suspecting jaw grinding because a dentist had once said she thinks I grind my jaw at night, I went for a second opinion with a different dentist who said there's no evidence of teeth grinding.
Does anyone have any problems with teeth grinding? What are the symptoms? I am stressed about various issues at the moment.