I had a literally jaw dropping experience yesterday with the dentist. It's probably the worst dental appointment I ever had in my life. The dentist was cleaning my teeth and halfway through she told me to not open my mouth so big but I realise I couldn't close it. At first I thought it was just some numbness but I soon found out that I really couldn't close my mouth after the whole 10 mins procedure was over. And I was laughing when I mumbled that I couldn't close my mouth. She said it's a jaw problem and proceeded to jam both her fingers into my mouth all the way into the back of my gums and started adjusting my jaws. She pull and push, lifted my jaws, went in and out, and after a 3 mins ordeal with me laughing away, my jaws went back to it's proper close. I thought it was sort of like dislocation. For the rest of the appointment, she always tell me to open my mouth minimally for fear that it would pop out again. She said it is due to worn out jaws which is caused by age. I'm freaking 22 years old.
I made sure to ask her "if you didn't help me, would I be able to close my mouth?" She laughed and said "should be, eventually." Now I can't yawn with my mouth wide open. And it's still very painful. I can't even close my jaws properly.
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