What is osteomyelitis of the jaw?

I have a track record for ignoring serious pain because I live with severe Fibromyalgia and I am used to ignoring everything no matter how much it hurts. I got to a 10 on the pain scale 2 days ago from an infection/abscess in one of my lower teeth. It...

I went to the ER after a Root Canal that became swollen,agonizingly painful and infected, yet untreated by antibiotics due to the fact that I am allergic to most of them, and those I am not, I cannot take orally as they make me have severe stomach cramping...

I posted a question not too long ago about my teeth and jaw hurting. This has gotten both worse and better. The pain from my teeth is gone, but now it resides in my jaw. Whenever I move my jaw right or left, it pops and cracks. I can't yawn or even open...

Hey everyone, I have a dislocated jaw which I dislocated while ice skating. I slipped and fell on the ice without a helmet on directly on my chin and from the impact, my jaw slightly popped out of place. I didn't realize until a few days later when my...

I play soccer and I fractured my jaw in two places last november. I went to an oral surgeon and he tied it up in place by wiring my jaw shut for a month. It was a really traumatic experience that i had to go through but after it was done my jaw was totally...

Hello folks, Alright, I'm 28 years old and for about the last 11 years I've had an issue with my jaw. I can voluntarily pop my jaw whenever I want and I tell you it can be loud at times; I'll be eating dinner and if everything is quiet you can actually...

If I open my jaw to yawn, or to chew, it'll pop. Before this happened, it felt l like the muscles in my mouth wouldn't let my jaw open very wide. My jaw would only go a few inches before it felt like my muscles were forcing my jaw to stay where it was...

For 2 days now my jaw has been hurting, like i pulled my jaw muscle. It started off like a small pain in my left temple and jaw muscle, but it got worse when i woke up the next day. Its stiff, and my entire jaw feels uncomfortable and slightly out of...

Hi, A few days ago I go woken up by my teeth grinding and being locked together, and when I open my mouth my right side of my jaw felt like it had been dislocated, and started clicking and like popping in and out of place, up and down and side to side...