I had a mysterious jaw pain problem happening for the past year and a half. I am fairly confident that it is resolved now, as the pain stopped suddenly after a really bad day where my jaw hurt for almost the whole day. I resorted to painkillers that day, which I usually avoid. This pain started as only intermittent, as in 30 minutes once every month, which grew to every week and then multiple times per week last Christmas.

I cut down sugar significantly and it went back to only happening every few weeks, depending on the triggers. One trigger was exercise. I would be in pain about 10 minutes after completing exercise. While I was confused by all of this random pain and not knowing the cause (the dentist did not know either, but all he could say was “I don’t see a cavity near that area of your mouth on the x-ray”), I watched your interview on Kieferfreund. I used what I have learned about remineralization, tongue placement and mouth postures to try to ease the pain. I tried to reduce clenching my teeth too.

This fall included an increase of dull aching and some worse days of more acute pain. I was starting to panic, as I had before when I thought I had a dying tooth and would have to pull it out and leave a gap. Anyway, I think it may have been an infection, but I just hit it with salt water rinses, using healthy mouth oil and the shine powder, taking supplements for nutrition, reducing sugar and massaging my jaw, along with some prayer. It seems to be gone, finally.

I used all the pain to remind myself to eat well, be grateful for my health, offer sacrifices for others in my life, and experience humility. I continued to learn about oral health and while I have discovered that I have a lot to fix, at least I have a chance to try to fix it. (I am a mouth-breathing, suckle-swallowing, clenching, imperfect eater. The only good bonus in that is that I chew my food really well and don’t swallow chunks of food, because I couldn’t swallow anything the size of a small pill. I spent the last year working on learning to swallow pills. I still choke and mess it up often but I am WAY better than before.)

I have ongoing stress about dental decisions, such as a few fillings that the dentist wants me to do, and if I will ever be able to find a dentist I trust, but I am grateful for Orawellness and all the help you provide. It is great that you have reduced plastic, made quality products, sought out wisdom, made whole body connections, and send little emails of positivity.

You can quote me on that.

Lisa H. from British Columbia, Canada