Dr. Deepa Jayashankar Podcast

Yes, it is a very  embarrassing  situation for  a  patient   especially   when the  temopromandibular  joint  gets  dislodged  from the socket  and the patient has locked  open  jaw.  So when does it happen and why does it  happen? So when a  patient comes  with a locked  open  jaw,  that  means when the patient opens the  jaw, the amount of  flexion  that is happening in the musculature and the ligaments of  the temporomadibualr  joint is   eventually more. So the condyle  of the mandible  tends to come  out of  its   socket  and gets  locked  in  a certain position. So when this kind of a scenario happens, it is a non-surgical intervention. We  try to manually get the  locked  open jaw in its position and we try to palace it  back  on the condyle  from where  it  has been displaced  but I suggest  it  should be done only  by   a trained dentist  and don’t  try to attempt  it  yourself .