I don't buy that explanation. It sounds like reverse reasoning. You probably have some type of occlusal problem (your jaw and upper teeth do not come together properly) which over the years has led to an imbalance in the muscles resulting in jaw tension. Nursing or not is irrelevant.
It might be necessary to do jaw surgery to correct it but be careful that you do not do anything without exploring it in depth and getting a second and/or third opinion.
John
John Messmer, M.D., Medical Director University Physician Group, Palmyra, PA 17078 > I've been wearing a mouth guard to sleep and that has helped a lot with the > tension, but I still have articulatory problems opening the mouth ( it > doesn't open evenly, and when I open it a little wider it 'compensates' to > the right ). > > I've gone to some dentists but now I've found out one who is really > different. He says he studied in Germany and his technique is based on the > idea that most people with the problems I refered to above breathe through > their mouths....That is generally due to short or > sparse breastfeeding, since our suction, chewing and swallowing mechanisms > are developed in that period of our lives ( before that the baby feeds on > amniotic liquid in the mother ) and is forced, due to a 'busy mouth', to > breathe in and out through the nose...He said those mechanisms force the child, while been breastfed, to adjust > their spines and mouths appropriately and to develop the muscles in the face > so that the suction is successful and that has the 'side-effect' of > adjusting the jaw ( and the muscles related to it ) and the other muscles in > the neck around it properly...Have you ever heard of that? What do you think?
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