Habits like clenching your jaw or biting your fingernails can cause issues with the joints that connect your jawbone and skull. Some medical conditions may also cause jaw popping. Jaw popping can be a ...

A clicking, popping, or cracking sound in your jaw isn’t usually a cause for concern, but it can occasionally signify an underlying condition, like arthritis or myofascial pain syndrome/ “Jaw cracking ...

Jennifer Stacey was 13 when she first noticed the clicking sound on the left side of her jaw whenever she ate. Twenty-four years later, it’s still clicking. “My jaw gets tired and sore if I eat ...

It's true that chewing gum for hours at a time helps enlarge your jaw muscles, but it may not give you the look you want.

TMJ disorders affect the joint that connects the jaw to the skull, causing pain, clicking, or jaw locking. Common causes include bruxism, arthritis, trauma, and stress-related muscle tension. Early ...

When it comes to well-being, your jaw health likely isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. However, experts say many day-to-day issues — everything from headaches to ear pain — can be a sign of jaw ...

Chewing: We don’t think about it, we just do it. But biologists don’t know a lot about how chewing behavior leaves telltale signs on the underlying bones. To find out, researchers at the Jacobs School ...

Chewing, or mastication, is thought to impact jawbone structure as bone is continually reconstructed along with alterations in mechanical load. However, the underlying mechanisms are unknown. In a new ...

Jennifer Stacey was 13 when she first noticed the clicking sound on the left side of her jaw whenever she ate. Twenty-four years later, it’s still clicking. “My jaw gets tired and sore if I eat ...

Researchers report that the jaw joint bone, the center around which chewing activity revolves (literally), appears to have evolved based more on an animal's size than what it eats. Chewing: We don't ...