Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with any advertisers on this site. Where your lower jaw meets your skull, in front of your ear, you’ll find your TMJ, or temporomandibular joint.

A remarkable surgical operation for necrosis of the lower jaw was performed in this city about a fortnight ago on a German boy twelve years of age, by the eminent surgeon, Dr. RAPHAEL, Professor ...

While the behaviors often overlap, grinding refers to shifting your jaw side to side or forward and backward, as though you're mashing something down. Clenching is squeezing your top and bottom ...

Removal of one or more teeth on the lower jaw may also help improve the appearance of an underbite if overcrowding of the teeth is contributing to the issue. A dentist may also use a grinding ...