Curviture of the spine

[Lyn21]

My jaw is crooked.  The bottom goes down a little on the left side.  I am wondering if that is because I have a small curvature of the spine in the middle of my back.  Could that be the reason my jaw is like that.  Now that I am in my 50s I am feeling the effects of my spine.  My neck is now beginning to bother me.  Is there something besides surgery to fix my jaw?

[Hamidreza Nassery , DMD, FICOI, FAGD, FICCMO]

It sounds like you have many of the signs and symptoms, most my patients are female in theri late 40's and up. Although in the last week I had two teenagers, which brought the mean average down, but those I like as changes and healing is much faster. The older the patient the longer it takes to heal.. like everything else.
But the good news is that there are good treatments available to you. Find yourself a good Nueromuscular dentist in your area, www.top3dentists.com is a good place to start. They should work with a good physical therapist or chiropractor, and you will feel better very quickly.. but here is the last piece, once you get your jaw aligned, and spine adjusted, you need to get into a good training program, to stregnthen your coe and muscle tone to keep the proper posture and not need to see any of us to often.
Best of luck.

[mags59]

I have scoliosis as well, and have uneven jaw, shoulders and hips!  I get very bad TMJ pain in the jaw that extends to my ear and down my neck, mostly due to arthritis in it, as well as my neck and spine.  So yes, I agree, I think the two are related.  I never had much trouble with any of it until I entered my 40s.  I'll be 50 this year and sometimes feel like an 80-year old!

[Hamidreza Nassery , DMD, FICOI, FAGD, FICCMO]

Wow.. I am wondering how you came to make that connection? really ? when I speak to my patients and explain the interconnectivity of the mouth and specifically the lower jaw to the Cervical (neck) spine and the more they ususally have  a blank look on their face.

The simple answer is that it could be both ways, meaning yes your scoliosis could have effected your jaw position and/or the other way, the jaw position could have caused your scoliosis.. How to treat it.. stay away from surgery. Find yourself a good Chiropractor, and a Neuromuscular dentist. Usually, the latter would be working with some good chiros.
It is part of my treatment protocol to send my very advanced TMJ patients to one of three very good chiros I work with, because you guessed it for me to find the best most physiologial position of the jaw, I need the spine corrected and subluxations released. Otherwise your neck muscles would be far too tense and cramped to get relaxed.
BTW, non of this work is surgical..very organic
Hope this helps.