Can Wisdom Teeth Cause TMJ Disorder? What You Need to Know
TL;DR How Wisdom Teeth Affect the Jaw An estimated 5–10% of the U.S. population has some form of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder, and many of them first noticed the pain right around the time their wisdom teeth came in. That timing isn’t always a coincidence, but it’s not a direct cause-and-effect relationship either. The TMJ […]